Open Letter from Yemen Scholars Protesting War
We write as scholars concerned with Yemen and as residents/nationals of the United Kingdom and the United States. The military attack by Saudi Arabia, backed by the Gulf Cooperation Council states (but...
View ArticleTwo Resolutions, a Draft Constitution and Late Developments
Author(s): Sheila CarapicoOn April 14, three weeks into the Saudi-led air campaign called Operation Decisive Storm, the UN Security Council approved Resolution 2216. This legally binding resolution,...
View ArticleUrgent Need for Humanitarian Corridor in Yemen
Author(s): The EditorsThe humanitarian emergency in Yemen continues to worsen.In Aden, the southern port city where local fighters are trying to fend off a Houthi takeover, several neighborhoods have...
View ArticleThe Moral Economy of Distance in the Yemeni Crisis
Author(s): Jillian Schwedler Author(s): Stacey Philbrick YadavIn discussions of the ongoing war in Yemen, Yemeni activists, aid organizations and human rights groups are struggling to push the dire...
View ArticleConflict, Forced Migration and Property Claims
Author(s): Sandra Joireman Author(s): Jon UnruhAmidst widespread fighting in Iraq and Syria, millions of distressed civilians have fled their homes. In Yemen as well, war has led to mass displacement...
View ArticleYemen Talks in Geneva
Author(s): Gabriele vom BruckOn June 8, Yemen’s (self-)exiled president, ‘Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi, conveyed his ideas about UN-sponsored talks in Geneva, due to start on June 15, and downplayed their...
View ArticleThe Multiple Wars in Yemen
Author(s): Susanne Dahlgren Author(s): Anne-Linda Amira AugustinWith UN-sponsored peace talks in Geneva involving the usual suspects and only a few new faces, it is time to raise the question of...
View ArticleYemen Is Starving, and We're Partly to Blame
Author(s): Chris ToensingDate published: July 1, 2015 Published In: Devils Lake Journal (Devils Lake, ND)Fairborn Daily Herald (Fairborn, OH)Pawtucket Times (Pawtucket, RI)Pocono Record (Stroudsburg,...
View ArticleYemen's Imposed Federal Boundaries
Author(s): Tobias ThielWith the war in Yemen well past its hundredth day, confusion persists as to the underlying causes of the conflict. Far from a sectarian proxy war between Shafi‘is under the...
View ArticleThe GCC Needs a Successful Strategy for Yemen, Not Failed Tactics
Author(s): James SpencerFor the last 45 years, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has tried to mitigate its Yemen problem through short-term tactics, rather than construct and give resources to a...
View ArticleNobel Nota Bene
Author(s): Stacey Philbrick YadavFrom Little League banquets to honorary doctorates, it may well be in the nature of award committees to tilt toward hyperbole. Elevating the legacy of the recipient...
View ArticleOpen Letter from Scholars of Yemen
US Secretary of State John Kerry British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond French Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Marc Ayrautread more
View ArticleArabia Incognita
Author(s): The EditorsThe disastrous Saudi-led war on Yemen has entered its fourteenth month. read more
View ArticleLetter to UN Secretary-General Concerning Saudi Arabia's Removal from List of...
June 30, 2016 Mr. Ban Ki-Moon United Nations Secretary General We the undersigned, a group of professors in Europe and North America, are deeply alarmed to learn that the government of Saudi Arabia has...
View ArticleThe Ties That Bind
MER281 Author(s): Stacey Philbrick YadavYemeni-American activist Rabyaah al-Thaibani was born in Ta‘izz, Yemen’s largest city, in 1977. She moved to the United States as a child to join her father, who...
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