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Dec 10, 2014

Reading Saudi Tea Leaves in Yemen

By Danya Greenfield and Owen Daniels

The international press reported on December 4 that Saudi Arabia had suspended most financial aid to Yemen as a result of the Houthi movement’s ongoing occupation of Sana’a. As the most overt Saudi policy move in Yemen since the northern Houthis captured the capital in mid-September, it set off a chain of worrying political and […]

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In the News

Nov 26, 2014

Hariri Center Event Cited in Dow Jones

By Atlantic Council

Dow Jones cites an event on Yemen hosted by the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center:

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MENASource

Nov 24, 2014

Getting the Houthi Perspective in Washington

By Danya Greenfield and Owen Daniels

A roundtable discussion about Yemen’s fragile state of affairs in Washington is perhaps not all that notable, but this one marked a historic moment. Cohosted by the Atlantic Council and the Center for International Private Enterprise on November 19, a representative from the Houthi movement—a Shia-Zaydi revivalist group with an armed militia—spoke publicly in the […]

Yemen

In the News

Nov 6, 2014

Greenfield on Sanctions against Former President of Yemen

By Danya Greenfield

The National quotes Rafik Hariri Center Deputy Director Danya Greenfield on an upcoming US request for sanctions against the former president of Yemen and two Houthi rebel leaders:

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In the News

Nov 3, 2014

Greenfield on Iranian Support in Yemen

By Danya Greenfield

Bloomberg quotes Rafik Hariri Center Deputy Director Danya Greenfield on Iranian support for the Houthi movement in Yemen:

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In the News

Oct 24, 2014

Greenfield on Violence in Yemen

By Danya Greenfield

Rafik Hariri Center Deputy Director Danya Greenfield joins Voice of America’s Encounter to discuss recent aggression by the Houthi movement in Yemen: 

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MENASource

Oct 17, 2014

US Policy in Yemen: Shortsighted Focus Yields Limited Results

By MENASource

With a heavy reliance on shortsighted tactical strikes on terrorists, the US counterterrorism policy in Yemen ignores the underlying reasons that drive extremism and instability in the country.

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New Atlanticist

Oct 16, 2014

Only a Long-Term Approach Can Resolve Terrorist Threat in Yemen

By Danya Greenfield

Two suicide bombing attacks in Yemen last week took the lives of at least 67 people and wounded more than 75 people, widely assumed to be the handiwork of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). This horrendous loss of life underscores the need for United States and its allies to reevaluate how we combat extremist […]

Yemen

In the News

Oct 10, 2014

Greenfield on Drone Strikes in Yemen

By Danya Greenfield

Ria Novosti quotes Rafik Hariri Center Deputy Director Danya Greenfield on US drone use in Yemen and in the campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham:

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Press Release

Oct 9, 2014

US Yemen Counterterrorism and Drone Policy Shortsighted, Undermines US National Security Interests

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:Samia Yakub202.769.0724press@atlanticcouncil.org Despite President Obama’s assertion that the United States’ counterterrorism strategy targeting militants in Yemen and Somalia provide a “successful” model to be emulated in its fight against ISIS, two new Atlantic Council publications assess the use of drones and the US strategy in Yemen, and argue this approach is shortsighted […]

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Jon Wilks

Distinguished Fellow, Transatlantic Project

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Arabic Crisis Management

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Osamah Al Rawhani

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Middle East Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding

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Khaled H. Alyemany

Former Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

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