U.S. Policy and the Crisis in Yemen
The Lawfare Podcast
The Lawfare Institute
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🗓️ 31 October 2018
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Since 2011, Yemen has transitioned from the scene of a political crisis to one of the worst humanitarian disasters in the world, but how U.S. policy affects the situation is the subject of little discussion. The United States provides intelligence and logistical support to the Saudi- and Emirati-led coalition fighting against Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen, and the conflict implicates the future stability of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the U.S.’s longest standing ally in the region.
To shed light on the complicated dynamic of the conflict, on October 25, the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution hosted a panel discussion on U.S. policy in Yemen, featuring Brookings senior fellows Daniel Byman and Bruce Riedel, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Dafna Rand, and Arabia Foundation senior analyst Fatima Abo Alasrar. They talked about the U.S.’s role in the conflict, the extent of the humanitarian crisis, and how the dire conditions on the ground can be alleviated.
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| 0:22.0 | rational security, chatter, law fair no bull, and the aftermath. |
| 0:30.0 | This is a humanitarian catastrophe that is shaped by a market situation. |
| 0:38.0 | So, while there might be food available, there's no money to purchase the food, |
| 0:42.0 | and the cost of food is extraordinarily high, even for the best of time. |
| 0:46.0 | So, you know, you imagine a near-familial situation, and you imagine no food, |
| 0:50.0 | there is some food, but no one can afford it. |
| 0:52.0 | I should add that low-cock provides upwards this estimation of the number of people |
| 0:56.0 | not risk of famine, which is a category under the UN of about to enter |
| 1:00.0 | of sort of famine, red light zone. |
| 1:02.0 | It used to be 8.4 million as of September or August, |
| 1:06.0 | just six weeks later, so this week, on October 22nd, |
| 1:10.0 | he provides an upwards to almost 14 million. |
| 1:12.0 | I'm Matthew Kahn, and you're listening to the LawFair podcast, |
| 1:16.0 | October 30th, 2018. |
| 1:19.0 | Since 2011, Yemen has transitioned from the scene of a political crisis |
| 1:24.0 | to one of the worst humanitarian disasters in the world. |
| 1:28.0 | But how U.S. policy affects the situation is the subject of little discussion. |
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