Yemen

A girl walks near her house destroyed in an air strike carried out by the Saudi-led coalition in Faj Attan village, Sanaa, Yemen December 13, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi

Future Development

Yemen’s children: A crisis within a crisis

Thursday, November 19, 2020

Children look at wreckage of a vehicle oil and tires store hit by Saudi-led air strikes in Sanaa, Yemen July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Order from Chaos

Ending the Yemen war is both a strategic and humanitarian imperative

John R. Allen and Bruce Riedel

Monday, November 16, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during family photo session with other leaders and attendees at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 28, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s current state of affairs

Monday, September 28, 2020

Security men wearing protective masks stand on a street during a 24-hour curfew amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Sanaa, Yemen May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Order from Chaos

Yemen’s disaster becomes “cataclysmic”

Monday, July 6, 2020

Reports

UN envoy Martin Griffiths leaves after a news conference on Yemen talks at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland September 8, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Middle East & North Africa

A renewed call for indigenous-led conflict resolution in the Arab states

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

People climb flag poles flying Yemen's national flag during a ceremony marking Yemen's Reunification Day, in Sanaa, May 22 ,2016. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi - S1BETFMQVRAB

Yemen

Reclaiming Yemen: The role of the Yemeni professional diaspora

Noha Aboueldahab

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defence Minister Mohammed bin Salman during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, May 30, 2017. REUTERS/Pavel Golovkin/Pool - RC19885B9FF0

Middle East & North Africa

The new geopolitics of the Middle East: America’s role in a changing region

Jeffrey Feltman, Samantha Gross, Martin Indyk, Kemal Kirişci, Suzanne Maloney, Bruce Riedel, Natan Sachs, Amanda Sloat, Angela Stent, Tamara Cofman Wittes, and Bruce Jones

January 2019

Smoke rising from clashes is seen through a military vehicle during a battle with Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, March 6, 2017.

Middle East & North Africa

The Middle East 2017

Kenneth M Pollack

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

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Report

The Middle East in transition

Kenneth M Pollack, Tamara Cofman Wittes, and General Lloyd J. Austin, III

Friday, August 14, 2015

Blog Posts

FILE PHOTO: Security men wearing protective masks stand on a street during a 24-hour curfew amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Sanaa, Yemen May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo

Future Development

Yemen and COVID-19: The pandemic exacts its devastating toll

Monday, June 15, 2020

TABUK, SAUDI ARABIA- Police and military carry out health checks on drivers as a preventive measure against the coronavirus in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia on April 14, 2020. King Salman of Saudi Arabia extended the curfew throughout the country until new notice due to the spread of the new Covid-19 coronavirus, as reported on Sunday (12) by the Interior Ministry. Saudi Arabia placed its capital Riyadh and other major cities under a 24-hour curfew, blocking much of the population from stopping the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus.

Order from Chaos

As a global economic crisis wreaks havoc on Saudi Arabia, the kingdom should reduce military spending

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Southern Yemeni separatist security members patrol a street during a campaign to seize unlicensed motorcycles in Aden, Yemen December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Fawaz Salman/File Photo

Order from Chaos

Following the separatist takeover of Yemen’s Aden, no end is in sight

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

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Events

Webinar: COVID-19: Implications for peace and security in the Middle East

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The changing geopolitics of the Red Sea: Gulf rivalries and global competition

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM AST

What is happening in Yemen?

6:30 PM - 8:30 PM AST

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Experts

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Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy, Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology

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President, The Brookings Institution

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Multimedia

U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sit down to a working lunch with their delegations at the White House in Washington.

Saudi Arabia

Why the Senate went against Trump on Yemen

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Thursday, November 29, 2018

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How a new resolution will affect U.S. troops in Yemen

Molly E. Reynolds and Scott R. Anderson

Friday, March 9, 2018

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Podcast Episode

Jihadist terrorism, Islamic State, and the war in Yemen

Bruce Riedel and Fred Dews

Friday, August 7, 2015

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