Inertia on the Red Sea coast: Will Yemen’s political process collapse?
Three months after the signing of the Stockholm Agreement, a frail hope of de-escalation in Yemen remains – but only if the warring parties soon implement its key measures.
Adam Baron
Out of Stockholm: Diplomacy and de-escalation in Yemen
More than three years after a Saudi-led military coalition and its Yemeni allies captured Aden, the city remains shrouded in the marks of war
The road to Uppsala: Opportunity and urgency in Yemen
This past weekend, the first steps toward political dialogue in Yemen took place in Sweden; but with a large part of the country on the brink of famine, a sense of urgency remains
Hudayda’s collapsing stalemate: A new act in the Yemen war
Stockholm is set to host peace talks later this month to end the war in Yemen, but those may now be postponed due to a new outbreak of violence in the country
Yemen’s diplomatic discord
After the collapse of planned consultations in Geneva, a new round of formal peace talks seems unlikely before the end of the year
Port in a Decisive Storm: The battle for Hudayda
As the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen fights to take control of Hudayda, the city's future remains clouded
The Importance of Being Envoy: Advice to the new UN Representative to Yemen
Martin Griffiths has an opportunity to serve as a bridge between international and regional actors and to benefit from European diplomatic initiatives
Saleh’s dramatic death returns Yemen to the spotlight
The former president’s death makes diplomatic engagement all the more difficult, but also underlines the folly of leaving Yemen on the backburner
Not only a pawn in their game
The war in Yemen has its own domestic logic, independent of the Saudi-Iranian ‘cold war’
Local actors hold key to de-escalation in Yemen
Engagement with power brokers in Marib, Mukalla, Taiz and Aden is key to avoid mistakes of Sanaa-centric post-2011 transitional process
Publications
The Marib paradox: How one province succeeds in the midst of Yemen’s war
The northern province can act as a model for the rest of the country, if international actors, including Europe, learn its lessons
Yemen’s Forgotten War: How Europe Can Lay the Foundations for Peace
The ‘forgotten war’ of Yemen is now matching the headline-grabbing conflict in Syria in its severity, and can no longer be ignored by European governments
European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2016
The sixth ECFR Foreign Policy Scorecard highlights the EU’s diminishing ability to influence its neighbours, and the neighbourhood’s growing impact on the EU
Civil war in Yemen: imminent and avoidable
The worst case scenario can be avoided by moving power-sharing from paper to reality
Articles
Inertia on the Red Sea coast: Will Yemen’s political process collapse?
Three months after the signing of the Stockholm Agreement, a frail hope of de-escalation in Yemen remains – but only if the warring parties soon implement its key measures.
Out of Stockholm: Diplomacy and de-escalation in Yemen
More than three years after a Saudi-led military coalition and its Yemeni allies captured Aden, the city remains shrouded in the marks of war
The road to Uppsala: Opportunity and urgency in Yemen
This past weekend, the first steps toward political dialogue in Yemen took place in Sweden; but with a large part of the country on the brink of famine, a sense of urgency remains
Hudayda’s collapsing stalemate: A new act in the Yemen war
Stockholm is set to host peace talks later this month to end the war in Yemen, but those may now be postponed due to a new outbreak of violence in the country
Yemen’s diplomatic discord
After the collapse of planned consultations in Geneva, a new round of formal peace talks seems unlikely before the end of the year
Port in a Decisive Storm: The battle for Hudayda
As the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen fights to take control of Hudayda, the city's future remains clouded
The Importance of Being Envoy: Advice to the new UN Representative to Yemen
Martin Griffiths has an opportunity to serve as a bridge between international and regional actors and to benefit from European diplomatic initiatives
Saleh’s dramatic death returns Yemen to the spotlight
The former president’s death makes diplomatic engagement all the more difficult, but also underlines the folly of leaving Yemen on the backburner
Not only a pawn in their game
The war in Yemen has its own domestic logic, independent of the Saudi-Iranian ‘cold war’
Local actors hold key to de-escalation in Yemen
Engagement with power brokers in Marib, Mukalla, Taiz and Aden is key to avoid mistakes of Sanaa-centric post-2011 transitional process
Specials
Mapping the Yemen conflict
A multimedia exploration of Yemen's multi-faceted civil war
Podcasts
Humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen: What can Europe do?
Mark Leonard speaks with Adam Baron, Ellie Geranmayeh and Julien Barnes-Dacey about Yemen caught in the midst of a regional conflict between Iran and Saudi…
ECFR Discussion: Mapping the Yemen conflict: 2 years on
What has changed in Yemen since the Operation Storm? Which actors have emerged–or reemerged–to take advantage of the country's power vacuum? With: Adam Baron,…
Yemen’s peace talks – end of the beginning or beginning of the end?
After more than a year of war, representatives of Yemen's warring factions are now gathering to discuss a potential peace settlement. What are the odds…
Yemen – what next?
Mattia Toaldo, ECFR Policy Fellow, Adam Baron, Visiting Fellow at ECFR, Iona Craig, a British-Irish freelance journalist, and Nawal al-Maghafi, award-winning Yemeni-British journalist and…
The regional and internal struggle for Yemen
Adam Baron, Visiting Fellow at ECFR, Mina Al-Oraibi, Assistant Editor in Chief of the Asharq Alawsat newspaper, Nawal al-Maghafi, journalist at Al-Araby al-Jadeed TV,…
The uncertain future of Yemen
ECFR Senior Policy Fellow, Julien Barnes-Dacey, and Visiting Fellow, Adam Baron, discuss the recent developments in Yemen and take a look at where the…
ECFR highlights: Solution Fishing in the Yemen
The resignations of Yemeni president, Prime Minister and the country's cabinet has thrown Yemen's political transition into chaos. Adam Baron, ECFR Visiting Fellow, Abubakr…
In the media
Adam Baron is quoted by L'Orient Le Jour regarding Iran and Gulf tensions
Adam Baron is quoted by Le Monde regarding Yemen's latest developments
Adam Baron is quoted by L'Obs regarding Yemen's latest developments.
Adam Baron is quoted by Arte regarding Yemen's latest developments.
Adam Baron is quoted by Médias 24 regarding Yemen's latest developments