Farea Al-Muslimi is a research fellow at The Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) focusing on Yemen and the wider Gulf region. He is also the co-founder and former chairperson of the Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies (2014-2022). He tweets at @almuslimi
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What Does the New Head of the Internationally Recognized Government Mean for Yemen?
Days ago, Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi sworn in Maeen Abdul Malik as his new prime minister, making him the latest member of the government-in-exile in the Saudi capital of Riyadh. This … Read more
Iran’s Role in Yemen Exaggerated, but Destructive
Since March 2015, Saudi Arabia and ten other countries have been conducting a bloody airstrike campaign against the Houthi rebel forces in Yemen. The campaign, meant to counter what Saudis call the … Read more
The Limits of US Military Power in Yemen: Why Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula continues to thrive
Similar to US counterterrorism efforts in Yemen under President Barack Obama, the newly minted White House administration of Donald Trump has shown little appetite to explore non-military policy … Read more
Yemen Without a Functioning Central Bank: The Loss of Basic Economic Stabilization and Accelerating Famine
The Yemeni government’s decision in September to relocate the central bank and replace its governor has left the country without an institution capable of providing basic economic stabilization. … Read more
The politics driving Yemen’s rising sectarianism
The current armed conflict in Yemen began, essentially, as a domestic struggle for power between political and tribal factions. This reality ran contrary to the conventional narrative in the … Read more
