Houthis
The Houthis Gave Pirates Better Tools, and Tehran Gave the Houthis Their Purpose and Their Logistics
International Humanitarian Law Prohibits Targeted Attacks on Civilians and Attacks That Cannot Distinguish Between Civilian and Military Targets
When Saudi Forces Attacked Yemen’s Southern Forces, They Left a Vacuum Into Which Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Resurged
The Regime Deliberately Unravels Nation-States from Within, To Reassemble According to Loyalties That Answer to Tehran
The Danger Is Not Just Erosion of Freedom of Navigation, but Also Iran’s Direct Financing of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Terror
Escalation Along the Tihama Coast Is Part of a Coordinated Political-Military Strategy, Not Merely a Local Tactical Maneuver
The Objective Is Not Control of the Red Sea, but to Disrupt Shipping and Create Economic Pressure That Grants the Houthis Influence
The Houthis Have Avoided Making Definitive Statements About How They Might Respond If Regional Hostilities Intensify
Proxy Militias Whose Creation Predates the Islamic Republic Will Need a Concerted Effort to Combat
The Opening Day Showed a Regime Unable to Defend Its Center and Proxies Unable to Change the Trajectory of the War
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates Have Been Friends and Allies for Decades, but They Have Picked Different Sides in the Fighting in Yemen
Washington Has Misread the Houthis for Too Long
North and South Yemen Are Fundamentally Different Countries with Irreconcilable Outlooks, Despite What Saudi Arabia May Want
If Alimi Does Not Resign, He Signals That He Prefers to Protect the Muslim Brotherhood to Keep Saudi Donors Happy than to Serve Yemenis
If Southern Yemenis Want Their Independence, They Should Have the Opportunity for a Vote Under International Supervision
American Diplomats Staying Outside of Yemen Cannot Demand Thar Yemeni Officials Base Themselves in the Country They Claim to Serve
The Presidential Leadership Council Failed to Evolve Into a Government of War or Peace, and Instead Became a Paralyzed Framework
Why Athens Should Follow Jerusalem’s Lead in the Horn of Africa
The Decision to Bomb Southern Yemen Forces Suggests the Saudi Crown Prince Is Backsliding to a Pre-September 11, 2001, Saudi Posture
Israel and the United States Should Not Only Recognize but Also Establish Full Diplomatic Relations with Both Countries