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Sana’a Center Publications 2020

Publications Sana’a Center Publications 2020

Sana'a Center Editorial9

December 10, 2020
Biden Needs a Yemen Policy That Doesn’t Look Back
November 6, 2020
De Facto Partition of Yemen Looms with Riyadh Agreement’s Continued Failure
October 10, 2020
Six Years of Houthi Rule in Sana’a
September 7, 2020
FSO Safer: Why Are We Still Waiting?
July 8, 2020
Hadi Must Go
June 2, 2020
Will Yemen Survive COVID-19?
May 5, 2020
The Drowning of Dissent
April 1, 2020
End the War Before the Pandemic
February 29, 2020
Humanitarian Agencies as Prisoners of War

The Yemen Review10

December 10, 2020
Time for a New US Policy – The Yemen Review, November 2020
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November 6, 2020
The Riyadh Agreement’s Fading Promise – The Yemen Review, October 2020
October 10, 2020
Battle for Marib – The Yemen Review, September 2020
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September 5, 2020
Hostage on the Red Sea – The Yemen Review Summer Edition, July-August 2020
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July 8, 2020
Struggle for the South – The Yemen Review, June 2020
June 2, 2020
A Grave Road Ahead – The Yemen Review, May 2020
May 5, 2020
War and Pandemic – The Yemen Review, April 2020
April 1, 2020
Five Years Since Decisive Storm – The Yemen Review, March 2020
February 29, 2020
The War Over Aid – The Yemen Review, January/February 2020
January 30, 2020
War’s Elusive End – The Yemen Annual Review 2019

Commentaries37

December 18, 2020
UAE Keeps Friends Close and Saudi Arabia Closer in Yemen
December 17, 2020
Islah Wary of a Hadi Reconciliation with the STC
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December 10, 2020
Trump’s Endgame: Weighing a Houthi FTO Designation
December 10, 2020
Biden Takes Over: Advice and Expectations for a New US Administration
November 20, 2020
Yemenis Must Face the Truth About Our War of Identities
November 13, 2020
The Riyadh Agreement One Year On
November 10, 2020
Yemen’s Prisoner Exchange Must be Depoliticized
October 15, 2020
With Enemies Like These, Who Needs Friends?
October 6, 2020
Yemen Economic Bulletin: Tax and Rule – Houthis Move to Institutionalize Hashemite Elite with ‘One-Fifth’ Levy
October 5, 2020
Marib’s Tribes Hold the Line Against the Houthi Assault
September 17, 2020
The Iran Variable in the UAE’s Yemen Policy
September 9, 2020
The Yemeni Government’s Triangle of Power
September 8, 2020
The United States in a World Without Friends
August 17, 2020
The Yemen Crisis: A Chronology of Failures
July 16, 2020
The UNSC: From Participant to Passive Observer in Yemen
July 9, 2020
The Riyadh Agreement Dilemma
June 16, 2020
The Houthis: From the Sa’ada Wars to the Saudi-led Intervention
June 5, 2020
Serious Risks in Saudi Options for Leaving Yemen 
June 4, 2020
Al-Bayda Governorate: Too Strategic to be Forgotten
May 22, 2020
Abyan Battles to Determine Fate of the Riyadh Agreement
May 7, 2020
Yemen Urgently Needs a Unified Fiscal Policy Response to COVID-19
May 6, 2020
Can Kuwaiti Mediation and Omani Facilitation Support Ending Yemen’s War?
May 4, 2020
The South Rises Again
April 28, 2020
STC Declaration of Self-Rule in Southern Yemen Airs Sour Relations with Riyadh
April 15, 2020
What Happens After Hadi?
April 10, 2020
The Battle of Marib: Houthis Threaten Yemeni Government Stronghold
April 9, 2020
The US in Yemen: Facilitating Disaster, Dodging Culpability
April 6, 2020
Yemen’s Fate Hinges on the Economy
April 3, 2020
Sana’a From March 2015 to Today: A Study in Authoritarian Oppression
April 2, 2020
Five Years of Failure: The Dismal Performance of the Hadi Government
April 1, 2020
Love Thy Neighbor: Saudi Arabia Needs Regional Help to End the Yemen War
March 26, 2020
Taiz at the Intersection of the Yemen War
March 18, 2020
UN Experts Detail Abuses in Yemen; Security Council Shrugs
March 6, 2020
Where is Saudi Arabia Headed in Yemen?
March 5, 2020
Founder’s Death a Blow to AQAP, but not Fatal
March 5, 2020
The End of AQAP as a Global Threat
March 4, 2020
Capture of Al-Hazm Positions Houthis Well, Militarily and Politically

Situation Reports and Policy Briefs12

December 18, 2020
Al-Mahra: Where Regional Powers Define Local Politics
December 18, 2020
The Struggle Far From Home: Yemeni Refugees in Cairo 
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November 18, 2020
The Houthi Movement from a Local Perspective: A Resurgence of Political Zaidism
October 22, 2020
Marib: A Yemeni Government Stronghold Increasingly Vulnerable to Houthi Advances
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October 10, 2020
Wartime Challenges Facing Local Authorities in Shabwa
October 6, 2020
Addressing the Southern Issue to Strengthen Yemen’s Peace Process
September 5, 2020
Improving Marib Authorities’ Skills, Capacities to Meet IDP Influx
September 3, 2020
Yemenis in Saudi Arabia: Less Money to Send Home, More Pressure to Leave
May 22, 2020
Houthi Coronavirus Coverup Unleashes Death, Suffering as Yemen Marks Eid
April 9, 2020
Five Years of the UN Security Council Toeing the Saudi Line
March 25, 2020
Yemen and COVID-19: What Needs to be Done
February 13, 2020
How Iran’s Islamic Revolution Does, and Does Not, Influence Houthi Rule in Northern Yemen

Yemen Economic Bulletin7

December 9, 2020
Yemen Economic Bulletin: November Updates
November 27, 2020
Yemen Economic Bulletin: Battle to Regulate Banks Threatens to Rupture the Financial Sector
September 9, 2020
Yemen Economic Bulletin: Widening Exchange Rate Disparity Between New and Old Banknotes
July 11, 2020
Yemen Economic Bulletin: Another Stage-Managed Fuel Crisis
June 17, 2020
Yemen Economic Bulletin: STC’s Aden Takeover Cripples Central Bank and Fragments Public Finances
May 8, 2020
Yemen Economic Bulletin: Lebanon’s Financial Collapse Traps Yemeni Banks’ Money
January 21, 2020
The War for Monetary Control Enters a Dangerous New Phase
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Yemen Environment Bulletin3

December 14, 2020
Oil Extraction Industries’ Impacts on Health, Livelihoods and the Environment in Hadramawt
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August 14, 2020
The Decline of Tihama Date Production and Yemen’s Agricultural Collapse
July 14, 2020
Yemen Environment Bulletin: How Weak Urban Planning, Climate Change and War are Magnifying Floods and Natural Disasters

Rethinking Yemen’s Economy5

October 13, 2020
Yemen’s Accelerating Economic Woes During the COVID-19 Pandemic
June 2, 2020
Economic Priorities for a Sustainable Peace Agreement in Yemen
April 30, 2020
Microfinance in Yemen: An Overview of Challenges and Opportunities
March 31, 2020
Developing Yemen’s Fishing Industry
January 16, 2020
Developing Human Capital

Other Publications7

December 24, 2020
Three Weeks in a Houthi Prison
December 22, 2020
Journey into Shabwa
November 20, 2020
Q&A with Anna Karin Eneström, Swedish Ambassador to the UN
October 19, 2020
Q&A with Jonathan Allen, UK Chargé d’Affaires to the UN
April 8, 2020
Yemen, Five Years On and Now a Stranger to My Country
March 10, 2020
“So now that the Houthis have won…” – Q&A with Abdulghani Al-Iryani
January 4, 2020
One of 3.65 Million Stories: A Yemeni Journey of Displacement
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News7

December 11, 2020
Bushra al-Maqtari’s Speech when Receiving the Palm Award for Freedom of Speech and the Press
November 20, 2020
The Sana’a Center Organizes International Media Visit to Shabwa
November 17, 2020
Future Generations: Voices of Yemeni Youth
August 3, 2020
The Sixth Yemen Exchange Launches
April 29, 2020
Al-Iryani Urges US to Invest Diplomatic Capital in Securing Peace in Yemen
February 3, 2020
Second Forum on Local Peace Building Efforts in Shabwa and Al-Mahra concludes
January 17, 2020
Abdulghani Al-Iryani Joins the Sana’a Center