All Policy Analysis by Daniel Green

Yemen needs increased and refocused military aid to continue the long fight against adaptive al-Qaeda forces.

The Yemeni government needs additional development and governance assistance to effectively confront al-Qaeda's "hearts and minds" efforts in the countryside.

Given the growing disconnect between U.S. politics and strategy in Afghanistan, a military analyst offers ten steps toward a lighter, better endgame.

The ongoing process of stabilizing Yemen's political, military, financial, administrative, and economic spheres will require expanded U.S. governance and development efforts.

Washington needs to deepen its involvement in an increasingly unstable Yemen.

U.S. and Saudi efforts to pressure injured Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh to agree to a peaceful transfer of power have been unsuccessful. To counter al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, a new approach is required.

The key battle with al-Qaeda in Yemen is in the countryside, where the U.S. government is paying too little attention.

The wounding of Yemeni president Ali Saleh during a June 3 attack on his Sana palace compound will likely lead to regime change in his troubled country.

On March 21, several key figures reportedly defected from Yemeni president Ali Saleh's ruling coalition, including Maj. Gen. Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, commander of the 1st Armored Division and Northwest Military District. Saleh has faced growing criticism since March 18, when as many as fifty-two protesters were killed and hundreds more

On February 2, Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has been in power since 1978, declared that he would not press for a constitutional amendment allowing him to seek another term during the next election, currently scheduled for 2013. He also pledged that he would not pass power to his