Category: Yemen Policy Initiative

Shifting Political Alliances: Are Gains from Yemen’s National Dialogue Slipping?

Three years after Yemen adopted the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) initiative, the country is slowly moving forward with its transition process. However, internal and external factors threaten to impede the country’s progress. On Wednesday, July 31, 2014, the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East hosted Mohammed Almaitami, chairman of the Khobara Center […]

Yemen Policy Initiative Briefs Incoming US Ambassador to Yemen

On May 14, the Yemen Policy Initiative chaired by Danya Greenfield hosted a private briefing for the incoming US ambassador to Yemen, Amb. Matthew Tueller. The group discussed the challenges facing Yemen and the role the United States should play in helping the transition proceed. In particular, group members underscored the need for  increased US […]

Statement on the Conclusion of the National Dialogue in Yemen

By MENASource

The Yemen Policy Initiative congratulates the Yemeni people on the formal conclusion of its National Dialogue Conference, a vital step in Yemen’s transition process and a remarkable achievement unique among the Arab awakening countries.

Yemen’s economic agenda: Beyond short-term survival

By Danya Greenfield

A new Atlantic Council report, Yemen’s Economic Agenda: Beyond Short-Term Survival, argues that if the Yemeni government fails to prioritize progress on the economic front, the country’s democratic transition risks derailment and may witness renewed conflict. Prioritizing the economy has been postponed because of political uncertainty and security problems, but the status quo can no […]

Rethinking US Policy Toward Yemen

By Jason Harmala

Join the Atlantic Council and the Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) on March 26 for a panel discussion looking at US policy towards Yemen.

Foreign Policy Experts Urge President Obama to Rethink Yemen Policy

By Jason Harmala

In a letter to President Barack Obama, a distinguished group of former diplomats, analysts, and journalists call on the president and his national security team to move beyond the current counterterrorism approach and embrace a long-term strategy that prioritizes helping the Yemeni government address the very factors that allow extremist ideology to spread: the absence […]