18
April 2019
Past Event
Crisis in Yemen: A Strategic Threat to U.S. Interests and Allies?

Crisis in Yemen: A Strategic Threat to U.S. Interests and Allies?

Past Event
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
April 18, 2019
Houthi female loyalists rally to mark the fourth anniversary of the war on March 26, 2019 in Sana'a, Yemen.
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Houthi female loyalists rally to mark the fourth anniversary of the war on March 26, 2019 in Sana'a, Yemen.
18
April 2019
Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

Speakers:
Fatima Abo Alasrar

Senior Analyst, Arabia Foundation

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Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Bernard Haykel

Professor, Near Eastern Studies Director, Institute for Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, Princeton University

Hudson Institute will host a panel to explore the strategic implications of the conflict in Yemen. In 2014, the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels overthrew the government of Yemen and seized the capital. With U.S. logistical support, Saudi Arabia mustered a coalition to restore the government. In response, the Houthis waged war on Riyadh, firing ballistic missiles at civilian areas, including airports. Though the Houthis have been successful in portraying themselves as defenders of Yemen and Saudi Arabia as the aggressors, they have violated countless internationally brokered ceasefires and the conflict continues today.

In the U.S., Congress has voted to withdraw support from the Saudi-led campaign and the White House has turned up the pressure on Tehran, recently imposing sanctions on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps—the Houthis’ patron. Can the Trump administration afford to let the Islamic Republic implant a Hezbollah-clone on the border of a key U.S. ally, thereby creating a failed state, and threatening international trade through Bab al-Mandeb?

The discussion will be moderated by Hudson Senior Fellow Lee Smith. Speakers will include Bernard Haykel, Near Eastern studies director at Princeton University’s Institute for Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia; Fatima Abo Alasrar, senior analyst at the Arabia Foundation; and Michael Doran, senior fellow at Hudson.

**NOTE: This event is open to the press. All members of the media should RSVP to [email protected].**

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