All Stakeholders In The Yemeni War Should Consider Russia’s Mediation By Andrew Korybko Where Saudi and STC interests align is in stopping the Houthis, the most effective way of which is arguably a bold political decision to recognize their statelet in… Read More ›
Saudi Arabia Might Be Forced By The West To Recognize Yemen’s Redivision Into Two States By Andrew Korybko The US might recognize the Houthis’ de facto state as part of a grand regional deal with Iran and for aiding the recovery… Read More ›
Could Saudi-Houthi Tensions Turn The Red Sea Into A New Strait Of Hormuz? By Uriel Araujo Rising tensions between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis illustrate how the Middle East continues to be shaped by the legacy of the Iraq War and… Read More ›
How The Yemen Front Rewired Saudi Arabia’s Stance On The Muslim Brotherhood By Andrew Korybko The Saudis’ growing ties with Muslim Brotherhood-aligned Turkiye, Qatar, and Iran; the Gaza War that broke out after October 7th; and the Ummah’s widespread support for… Read More ›
Yemen Taught Trump Some Lessons That He’d Do Well To Apply Towards Ukraine By Andrew Korybko The lessons from Trump’s Yemeni debacle could inform his future decisions on Ukraine. Five New York Times (NYT) journalists collaborated to produce a detailed report… Read More ›
Trump’s Rift With Bibi Might Be Irreconcilable By Andrew Korybko From the viewpoint of Israeli interests, this a zero-sum dilemma that it must avoid at all costs, yet Trump’s potentially irreconcilable rift with Bibi could turn this nightmare scenario into a… Read More ›
Houthi-Controlled North Yemen Is Poised To Become A Regional Power By Andrew Korybko So long as the US, Israel, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and the last two’s local Yemeni allies prioritize their self-interests over their shared ones, the scenario of Houthi-controlled… Read More ›
Trump’s Yemen Bombings: A Dangerous Step Towards War With Iran By Uriel Araujo Both Israel and the defence sector will benefit from further Yemen strikes, the problem is that those could be dangerous steps towards further escalation with unpredictable results—and we… Read More ›
The Domestic And International Implications Of The Trump Team’s Yemeni War Plans Scandal By Andrew Korybko Readers can learn a lot about his administration’s internal policymaking dynamics, its relationship with Israel, and its overall approach towards the Yemeni Conflict. The Atlantic’s… Read More ›
The Report About Russia’s Alleged Recruitment Of Houthi Mercenaries Is Misleading By Andrew Korybko It’s dishonest to conflate alleged victims of human trafficking rings with the Russian state’s recruitment of foreign fighters. The Financial Times (FT) published a report over the… Read More ›