Simon Henderson is the Baker Senior Fellow and director of the Bernstein Program on Gulf and Energy Policy at The Washington Institute, specializing in energy matters and the conservative Arab states of the Persian Gulf.
Articles & Testimony
Although fighting has come to a momentary standstill, the risks of a 'perfect storm' still hang low over the port city of Hudaydah.
The world’s next humanitarian crisis is delayed—but perhaps only by a week or so. The level of fighting in the Yemeni port city of Hudaydah has abated temporarily. Forces of the internationally-recognized government, led and supported by the United Arab Emirates, are observing a unilateral “pause” in their advance on the strategic port through which much of the country’s vital food imports pass...