The Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies conducted a series of high-level meetings with European Union officials in Brussels, focusing on the urgent need to protect Yemen’s political process, align political and security tracks, and ensure Yemen’s meaningful inclusion in regional discussions as foundational elements of any viable peace framework.

The visit saw the Sana’a Center engage in dialogues with multiple EU institutions amid shifts in Yemen’s political and security trajectory and the broader reshaping of regional dynamics across the Middle East.

Central to the Center’s engagements with multiple EU institutions was the need to sustain robust Yemeni political and civic participation at a time when security concerns risk eclipsing political pathways. The Center stressed that progress on the peace process requires parallel advances on both the political and security fronts, given that any international or regional peace initiative must account for these evolving realities on the ground.

The Sana’a Center further called for Yemen to be actively incorporated into broader conversations, emphasizing that strengthened trilateral dialogue between Yemen, the wider region, and the European Union is essential to forging a more comprehensive and grounded understanding of the Yemeni crisis.

The Brussels visit was part of the Sana’a Center’s sustained efforts to deepen dialogue with international and regional stakeholders and to present independent Yemeni perspectives on peace pathways and the political, security, and humanitarian challenges shaping the country’s future.

Majed Al-Madhaji, co-founder and chairperson of the Sana’a Center, noted that the meetings came at a critical juncture, with Yemen currently at the heart of security and political transformations reshaping the regional order. He underlined that the Center’s engagement with European institutions is aimed at providing a deeper understanding of Yemen’s current realities, exploring what comes next, and discussing the role the EU can play in advancing a more holistic and realistic approach to the crisis — particularly as shifts in US policy and evolving European positions continue to redefine the region’s strategic landscape.

The Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies is an independent think tank that seeks to drive change through knowledge production and policy dialogue, specializing in Yemeni and regional affairs with in-depth analysis spanning political, economic, and social issues.