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Blog

24th March 2025

The Struggle Over Mahra

Ibrahim Jalal
The potential for rising tension in the Yemeni governorate worries those on both sides its borders.
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Yemen Middle East and North Africa Conflict Dynamics

Article

25th February 2025

Leverage Beyond Yemen: Ansar Allah and Its Iraqi Alliances

Ibrahim Jalal
The Houthis are strengthening their regional ties, notably with the Popular Mobilization Forces, who offer them political, economic, military, and geo...
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Yemen Middle East and North Africa Middle East Violent Extremism Governance Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Article

23rd December 2024

Saudi-Emirati divergences lead Hadhramawt to a crossroad

Ibrahim Jalal
Competition between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi over influence in the Yemeni governorate could lead to conflict between the two sides or their proxies, which...
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Yemen Middle East and North Africa Middle East Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Conflict Response Conflict Dynamics

Article

21st November 2024

How supply chains fuel transnational conflict in the Middle ...

Renad Mansour, Hayder Al-Shakeri,
Transnational conflict in the Middle East is fuelled by both ‘legal’ and ‘illegal’ trade. Mapping these cross-border dynamics can help understand and ...
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Yemen Syria Middle East and North Africa Middle East Lebanon Iraq Iran Conflict Response Borderlands

Article

19th November 2024

Operation Aspides, or the peril of low expectations in Yemen

Ibrahim Jalal
For the foreseeable future, maritime trade through the Red Sea will remain a hostage to Ansar Allah and Iran. They will likely use this to secure conc...
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Yemen Middle East and North Africa Middle East Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Conflict Dynamics

Event

29th April 2024

X-Border Local Research Network Bangkok Workshop

Researchers from across the Local Research Network gathered in Bangkok for a workshop hosted by The Asia Foundation.
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Yemen Syria Sudan South Sudan South Asia and Southeast Asia Pakistan Myanmar Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Ethiopia Bangladesh Algeria Gender Borderlands

Article

22nd March 2023

Seas, Checks, and Guns: Emirati and Saudi Maritime Interests...

Abdullah Baabood
As the conflict in Yemen continues, one lesser-known aspect—the maritime stakes for Saudi Arabia and the UAE—will need to be addressed for the best ch...
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Yemen Middle East and North Africa Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Governance Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Research report

14th March 2022

The Barriers to Southern Yemeni Political Aspirations Are Ma...

Ahmed Nagi
This report explores how group rivalries are impeding southern unity, and how this might shape developments in a post-conflict Yemen.
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Yemen Middle East and North Africa Middle East Conflict Dynamics

Blog

27th January 2022

Abu Dhabi’s Dilemma

Ahmed Nagi,
The attack of January 17 will force the United Arab Emirates to make one of two choices, neither of them desirable.
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Middle East and North Africa Conflict Dynamics

Blog

23rd December 2021

Beirut for Ma’rib?

Ahmed Nagi,
Rising pressure against Lebanon from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states may well be tied to Hezbollah’s role in Yemen.
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Middle East and North Africa Conflict Dynamics

Research report

14th June 2021

Yemeni Border Markets: From Economic Incubator to Military F...

Ahmed Nagi
Border markets on Yemen’s northwestern border with Saudi Arabia gave rise to a distinct economic system and bridged communities. Yet the war in Yeme...
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Yemen Middle East and North Africa Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Conflict Economies Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Blog

14th April 2021

Yemen and Coronavirus

Ahmed Nagi
The new coronavirus is spreading into conflict-affected states. The pandemic and efforts to contain it are much more likely to aggravate and multiply ...
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Middle East and North Africa Coronavirus

Research report

2nd March 2021

Chokepoints and Corridors: Ordering Maritime Space in the We...

Jatin Dua
In the Horn of Africa there is a dynamic interplay between land and sea that has shaped political, economic and social relationships.
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Yemen Somalia Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Transnational Flows

Blog

29th September 2020

The Shifting Sands of War

Ahmed Nagi
As the scope of the fighting in Ma’rib intensifies, the signs of an attritional conflict without end are strengthening.
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Middle East and North Africa Conflict Dynamics

Blog

23rd July 2020

Temporary Refuge, Stopover or New Home? Meeting Yemeni Migra...

Ahmed Shire, Abdideeq Warsame
As part of RVI’s ongoing project on the cross-border connections between Yemen and Somalia, the Institute’s partners at Puntland State University in G...
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Middle East and North Africa Transnational Flows Migration

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