Houthis
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
Tens of Thousands of Yemenis Have Died Since the 2018 Stockholm Agreement as a Result of Its Perpetuation of Houthi Rule
The Biden Administration’s Decision in 2021 to Remove the Houthis from the U.S. List of Foreign Terror Organizations Weakened Deterrence by Reducing Political and Economic Pressure
A Stable, Western-Aligned South Yemen Would Help Secure a Vital Waterway Without Requiring U.S. Troops in the Persian Gulf
The Islamic Republic’s Strategy Has Always Been a Masterpiece of Strategic Ambiguity and Risk Management
As International Indecision Persists, Yemen’s Iran-Backed Rebels Are Transforming from Local Insurgents Into Global Disruptors
Geopolitical Risk Emerges from What the ‘Business Side of Politics’