Trump’s Legacy in Yemen: Why Terrorist Listing May Jeopardize Peace Talks
By Isak Svensson and guest contributor Magnus Lundgren As one of the last foreign policy decisions taken during his presidency, Donald Trump decided to place Ansar Allah, commonly known as the Houthi...
View ArticleYou Can’t Get There from Here: Biden Negotiating the Israeli-Palestinian...
By Peter Krause In his first month in office, President Joe Biden made a number of foreign policy changes in the Middle East: the end of US support for the Saudi war in Yemen, removal of the Houthi...
View ArticleConflict Has Changed Yemen’s Economy—What That Means for Peace
Guest post by R. Joseph Huddleston, David Wood, Daniela A. Maquera Sardon, and Jarrett Dang Protracted conflict changes lives for the ordinary people caught in the crosshairs. It also changes...
View ArticleWhich Wars Lead to Hunger (and Which Do Not)?
Guest post by Peter White, Brandon Ives, Paul Huth, and David Backer Famine is increasingly likely in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, which has been embroiled in armed conflict between the regional...
View ArticlePro-Government Militia Attacks Surge Amid COVID-19
Guest post by Britt Koehnlein and Ore Koren The question of whether the COVID-19 pandemic caused a spike in insurgent violence received international attention from researchers and the media. But...
View ArticleHow Do Governments Decide Which Groups Are “Terrorist Organizations”?
By Brian J. Phillips and Mirna El Masri US Senator Ted Cruz recently called for Yemen’s Houthis to be added to the Foreign Terrorist Organization list—again. The Iran-backed Houthis, also known as...
View ArticleFrom Manama to Baghdad and Kyiv: Limiting the Risk of Violent Intervention by...
Guest post by Erwin van Veen Much has been written over the past few years about the global decline of democracy and the growing repression of political pluralism. Strongmen such as Erdogan, Putin,...
View ArticleThe War in Ukraine, Food Prices and the World’s Poor
Guest post by Jennifer Burney and Stephan Haggard The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine is clear for all to see, and has created a sense of powerlessness as the death toll mounts. However, there is a...
View ArticleHow Blowback by Armed Groups Is Turning Civil Wars into International Conflicts
By Peter Krause and guest contributor Nils Hägerdal The crescendo of missile and drone strikes into Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are just the latest in a growing trend turning civil...
View ArticleImplications of the Saudi-Iran Deal for Yemen
Guest post by Marta Furlan In 2014, the Houthis, a Zaydi Shia armed group from the Sa’ada region of northern Yemen, aligned with former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who had been removed following the...
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