From the beginning, the peace process in Yemen has suffered from faulty assumptions and out-of-date-analysis.

Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was more than just a leader practiced in the arts of political expedience. He represented the last historic link with the...

Yemen’s civil war is not, despite popular belief, part of a broader Saudi-Iranian conflict, but rather the result of deep historical tensions within Yemen itself....

As an inter-governmental body comprising 47 countries, many of which have poor human rights records, the UN Human Rights Council is often paralyzed by infighting,...

Becoming a globally competitive hub is the driver of much of the Arab Gulf’s recent success in the travel and logistics sectors, which propel global connectivity.

In Yemen, the fighting has slowed, but the war continues, particularly in Taiz, the country's cultural capital.

Locals who used to generally support the Houthis now debate which is worse: the Houthis or the Saudis. Meanwhile, defections from the movement have multiplied, and...

AQAP’s expansion in Yemen is also a product of the West’s failure to grasp how Yemenis view AQAP—a failure that both empowered the group and undermined those best...

A post-deal policy that focuses exclusively on rolling back Iranian power will produce confrontation rather than diminish it. A policy that includes a parallel...

Call data can help us understand violent places in the developing world that are largely inaccessible. At a time when Yemen remains highly volatile, for example,...

There’s a gold rush in the Middle East, but it isn’t gold that prospectors are seeking. It’s reactor sales. Whatever the energy promise of the peaceful atom,...

Twenty-five years ago, in the wake of the Gulf War, the first Bush administration sketched out a plan for the security of its Arab partners. The original had Iraq...

After four years on the job, on April 16, UN Special Envoy to Yemen Jamal Benomar resigned. His departure is but one in a long stretch of envoys who quit after...

Many suspect former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh of using the Houthis, his old enemies, to try to regain power. But in the end, he may end up as the conflict...

Saudi Arabia is grossly exaggerating Iran’s power in Yemen to justify its own expansionist ambitions. Iran is not the cause of the civil war, nor are the Houthis...

The Saudi Arabia-led bombing campaign in Yemen is off to a dreadful start, at least when it comes to the civilian toll. And now that the United States has offered...

Although Turkey has sided with Saudi Arabia in Yemen, it won't be backing Riyadh in opposing the region's Shiite powers anytime soon. Rather, Ankara's strategy...