Even though there are a couple of things I am eager to blog about (and disagree with), particularly regarding some of the recommendations put out by the Center for Strategic […]
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I have seen the Huthis accused with any number of things, but the charge of black magic is a new one.
Just some more numbers confirming what we already know. Oil is falling, defecit is rising. I swear, one of these days we’ll have a nice post.
I know we have a number of readers in Yemen, which ranks just behind the UK and the US in readership, and soundly trounces Norway in fourth place, and so […]
As many news outlets are reporting, an apparent suicide bomb in Yemen has killed four South Korean tourists and injured at least three Yemenis (two drivers and tourist guide) outside […]
The Yemeni papers are full of the tragic news of the Yemenia crash last night off the coast of the Comoros Islands. The victims and their families are in our […]
As the Huthi rebellion continues to gain more international attention, I’m worried that we will start to see more reports like this one from NPR. There really isn’t much here, […]
For those with an interest in hearing me talk as opposed to just reading the blog, I will be on the Takeaway at the very early hour of 7:30 am […]
I mean, come on. Locusts? From Somalia? I guess that validates the old axiom, that when it rains, it pours upon your country biblically ironic plagues.
Here is a link to a piece I wrote for Common Ground News Service on the fighting in Sa’dah.
For those of you with a subscription to Jane’s Intelligence Digest, be sure to check out Brian’s analysis of the election delays in Yemen. For those of you without a […]
You can almost set your watch by them at this point. I love this quote.When asked if the project would be delayed further, Technip (TECF.PA) CEO Thierry Pilenko said: “Whatever […]
My postings will be greatly reduced over the next few weeks as I work on a couple of projects that will leave little time for blogging. However, I have been […]
The Combating Terrorism Center at West Point has just released a special issue devoted to AQAP, Yemen and Saudi Arabia. The issue reprints a number of articles that both Brian […]
I have added a new site to the “sites of interest” tag on the side. This site is devoted to Jarallah ‘Umar, the YSP politician who was assassinated in December […]
There is still no word, at least that I have heard on the two major mysteries of the past year in Sa’dah.1. What exactly happened to the remaining six kidnapping […]
As promised the video of my talk from the New American Foundation conference is now available here. It also has Ken Ballen’s excellent presentation and some Q and A.
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy was kind enough to ask me to contribute a piece to its Policy Watch series, the result has just been released and is […]
CNN chats about Yemen with Bernard Haykel.I talk about Yemen with a station in Seattle (I think somewhere in the middle)Brian talks to NPR’s On the Media.
Getting a bit tired of short blog posts, and looking for something more to really sink your teeth into over the weekend? Well, then, I would suggest this piece at […]
My contributor copies to the forthcoming issue of The American Interest just came in the mail, and for those of you hoping to get your hands on a copy of […]
Thanks to everyone who came to the event yesterday at Carnegie, particularly to all of you who came up to talk about the blog. I believe Carnegie will have a […]
There was a post in the space this morning that was of a pretty different tone than what we usually try to do. Greg and I have discussed this, and […]
Yemen (Hat tip: David Stringer)Sir Patrick Cormack: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what arrangements have been made for the conference on Yemen which he […]
… on Tuesday when I return from traveling. In the meantime, I have added a great blog by Daniel Martin Varisco, an old Yemen hand, and all around great guy. […]
Check out Charles Schmitz, professor of Geography at Towson State and President of the American Institute for Yemeni Studies, on Democracy Now. Charles is a good friend and while we […]
Still little discussion on the forums about the sentences handed down to the Tarim Cell today, although one post mistakenly claims that all 16 were sentenced to death. In the […]
Instead of talking about how Reuters came late to the party let’s embrace the fact that they came at all. (Anyone with the reference?)