The crisis results from the weaponization of water, unsustainable agriculture, and shattered governance. Addressing it requires rebuilding infrastructure, regulating extraction, and integrating water security into any peace process to prevent scarcity from perpetuating conflict.
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“The United States’ current approach is not working and may even play into Ansar Allah’s, and by extension Iran’s, hands. A better alternative is a multidimensional long-term security strategy that ties maritime security to the Yemeni peace process… acting accordingly.”
“The success of the Houthis, who have paralyzed about 12 percent of international trade, distracting the West, suits the Russian side just fine. Moscow is not prepared to risk its remaining allies for the sake of international stability.”
“The STC’s recent takeover of Hadhramawt and Mahra… exposes new fault lines in Saudi-Emirati relations, crosses the red lines of Yemen’s neighbors, and threatens to shatter the Presidential Leadership Council… a qualitative shift far from representing a decisive endgame.”
Saudi airstrikes target a UAE-backed group in Yemen, exposing a deep rift over fears that southern secession would empower Iran’s Houthi allies.
The Houthis exploit America’s election-year vacuum, using Gaza to boost their power, but current peace plans risk empowering them further.
A study argues the U.S. missed three key chances to prevent Yemen’s war between 2011-2015, including by not restraining former President Saleh or moderating Saudi war aims. These failures, rooted in short-term priorities and flawed assumptions, enabled the Houthis’ rise to global disruptors.