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Middle East FocusUS-Houthi Ceasefire Deal & the Future of Red Sea SecurityThe sudden announcement of a US-Houthi ceasefire, brokered by Oman, has halted Washington’s air campaign in Yemen and raised urgent questions about the future of Red Sea security. What prompted the deal, and what are its implications for maritime shipping, regional alliances, and the trajectory of Yemen’s civil war? This episode explores the strategic motivations behind the ceasefire, the role of Iran and Saudi Arabia, and how the Houthis could leverage the pause to regroup and expand their influence across the Horn of Africa. Joining the program is Nadwa Al-Dawsari, associate fellow with the Middle East Inst...2025-05-1524 min
At The BoundaryIs Yemen Losing the War Against the Houthis?Text the ATB Team! We'd love to hear from you! In this episode of At the Boundary, guest Nadwa Al-Dawsari, a Yemen expert of the Middle East Institute, joins GNSI’s own Dr. Armand Mahmoudian to unpack the rise of the Houthis and their growing impact on regional and global security.The conversation explores the Houthis' ideological roots, inspired by the Iranian Revolution, and their strategic objectives—from dominating Yemen to targeting holy sites and calling for the destruction of Israel. With military backing and training from Iran, the Hout...2025-04-1834 minMiddle East FocusYemen's Civil War: Ten Years LaterDirector of MEI’s Arabian Peninsula Program Gerald Feierstein speaks to scholars Nadwa Al-Dawsari and Fatima Abo Alasrar as they reflect on the tenth anniversary of Yemen’s civil war. It’s been ten years since the Houthis seized control of the capital of Sanaa, beginning a cycle of fighting that continues on and off to this day. What happened, what is the current state of the conflict, and where might the country be headed? *Note: this episode was recorded on Sept. 26, 2024.2024-10-0340 min
Lessons Lost in TimeHouthis in the Red Sea: The Battle for Control w/ Nadwa Al-DawsariWhat can we learn from an impoverished tribe from Yemen that went from obscurity 15 years ago to commanding one of the most strategic locations in the world?I hope you're ready to join me and my new friend and expert Nadwa Al-Dawsari in discussing the rise of the Houthis and how lessons learned over the past 15 years can help shape a more coherent and complete future strategy. Link to Nadwa Al-Dawsari's page at the Middle East Institute https://www.mei.edu/profile/nadwa-al-dawsariLink to Nadwa Al-Dawsari's page...2024-09-2250 min
The TridentEpisode 8: The Bab el-Mandeb Strait and the Red SeaIn conjunction with the 2024 Maritime Symposium: Exploring Our Maritime Strategies II, guests Capt. Joe Baggett, Nadwa Al-Dawsari, and Evan Curt join host Col. Dave Brown to discuss the Houthi attacks on global shipping vessels and U.S. warships in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, in the Red Sea. Listen to this episode to gain an overview of the threat to this critical maritime region.Articles:DIA Report on Houthi Attacks and Pressure on International Trade, USNI News, 13 June 202465 countries affected by Houthi attacks in Red Sea, including Iran, A. Helou, Breaking Defense, 13 Jun 2024Maritime Terrorism Is on T...2024-07-091h 02
Tahrir Podcast - بودكاست التحريرEP 36 - Nadwa Al-Dawsari: Yemen's Houthi Rebels, Iran, and the Red Sea CrisisNadwa Al-Dawsari is a researcher and conflict practitioner with over twenty years of field experience in Yemen where she worked with tribes, civil society, local authorities, security actors, and non-state armed groups. Nadwa is currently a nonresident Scholar with the Middle East Institute and a fellow at the Center on Armed Groups.
In episode 36 of Tahrir Podcast, Al-Dawsari joined me from Washington D.C to speak on Yemen‘s Houthis, their ideologies, origins, Iran links, and the Red Sea crisis.
Episode on YouTube: http://youtu.be/juHKqb-8gY4
Streaming everywhere! https://linktr.ee/Tahrir...2024-02-1645 min
Richardson InstituteSEPADPod With Nadwa DawsariOn this episode of SEPADPod Simon speaks with Nadwa Al Dawsari, a conflict and policy analyst, and a specialist in Yemeni tribes with over 18 years of field experience in conflict management and civil society development in Yemen. Nadwa has published a huge amount of material on Yemen and her work has been published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, United States Institute of Peace (USIP), Atlantic Council, Middle East Institute, Oxfam, Lawfare, Project on Middle East Democracy, the Washington Post, and the Center for Civilians in Conflict, among others. She can be found on twitter @NDawsari.
On this episode...2021-05-1734 min
Richardson InstituteSEPADPod With Nadwa DawsariSEPADPod With Nadwa Dawsari by Richardson Institute2021-04-2735 min
Podcast AlAwsat بودكاست الأوسطآراء (8) خطورة تبسيط سردية إنهاء الحرب في اليمنفي 'آراء من واشنطن' هذا الأسبوع، يستعرض إبراهيم الأصيل رأي لندوى الدوسري حول خطورة تبسيط سردية إنهاء الحرب في اليمن. -- Ibrahim Al-Assil Nadwa Dawsari2021-03-1901 min
Order From AshesYemen’s Wars at a Turning PointSoon after taking office, President Biden announced that the United States would stop contributing offensive weapons to the war in Yemen. “This war has to end,” the president said. But the complex conflict in Yemen appears, to the contrary, to be heading for a new round of intense fighting, this time around the city of Marib.
On this episode of Order from Ashes, we talk to two analysts who know Yemen intimately: Nadwa al-Dawsari and Peter Salisbury. It might be possible for the United States to wash its hands of the Yemen war, they argue, but ve...2021-03-0947 min
AcademicalNadwa Al-Dawsari, Middle East InstituteVPR Director of Operations Sean Bielawski talks with co-host Morgan Bedford (MPP '21) about her interest in foreign policy and he work with the U.S. Embassy in Yemen (2:08). Sean and Morgan then speak with Nadwa Al-Dawsari, non-resident fellow at the Middle East Institute, about the war in Yemen as well as how the Biden Administration should craft U.S. policy to substantively address the conflict (22:00).Related ReadingCouncil on Foreign Relations: How Severe is Yemen's Humanitarian Crisis? (link)Yemen Matrix: Allies & Adversaries (link)Up for Debate: U.S. Yemen Policy...2021-02-091h 03
WarpodSpecial Podcast - Debunking Five Myths about the War in YemenMarwa Baabbad, Head of ORG's International Projects, is joined by the Middle East Institute's Nadwa Al-Dawsari and Fatima Abo Alasrar to debunk five popular myths about the conflict in Yemen.
Music by Bensound
About the discussants
Marwa Baabbad is Head of International Projects with ORG’s Strategic Peacebuilding Programme. She manages the project Yemen: Rethinking the Peace Process, working with Yemenis engaged in regional strategic thinking groups in Hadramaut and Marib governorates. She joined ORG in July 2018.
Fatima Abo Alasrar is a Non-Resident Scholar at the Middle East Institute. Before joining th...2020-03-301h 02
Mid-East JunctionPeeling back the layers of Yemen's civil warFor nearly four years now, the civil war in Yemen has raged with no end in sight. Civilians have fallen victim to the fighting with some 15,000 killed or injured, while a humanitarian crisis spreads and threatens to claim more lives. Yemen, is located on the southern tip of the Arabian peninsula. It has often sat in the shadow of its eccentric and rich neighbour Saudi Arabia.Unlike its other regional neighbours, Yemen does not have a monarchy , says Adam Baron, a visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations and International Security Programme fellow...2018-10-0312 minMid-East JunctionPeeling back the layers of Yemen's civil warFor nearly four years now, the civil war in Yemen has raged with no end in sight. Civilians have fallen victim to the fighting with some 15,000 killed or injured, while a humanitarian crisis spreads and threatens to claim more lives. Yemen, is located on the southern tip of the Arabian peninsula. It has often sat in the shadow of its eccentric and rich neighbour Saudi Arabia.Unlike its other regional neighbours, Yemen does not have a monarchy , says Adam Baron, a visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations and International Security Programme fellow...2018-10-0312 min
The Intercept BriefingMemo and MemoerFormer State Department official Peter van Buren and civil liberties advocate Julian Sanchez offer provocative analysis the Nunes memo. Academy Award winner Errol Morris and actor Peter Sarsgaard talk about their new hybrid-documentary series Wormwood and present their case that a US Army scientist was murdered by the CIA in 1953. Yemeni analyst Nadwa al Dawsari details the key events of the past 20 years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2018-02-071h 37