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[ONLINE] The Yemen Model: Why U.S. Policy Has Failed in the Middle East

In 2023, Yemen again burst into the news, as Houthi rebels attacked shipping in the Red Sea, and the United States along with the U.K. and other countries responded with a campaign of air strikes. Yet this is only the latest crisis the United States has faced in Yemen. In her new book The Yemen Model: Why U.S. Policy Has Failed in the Middle East, New America Future Security Program Fellow Alexandra Stark examines the history of U.S. policy in Yemen beyond the most recent crisis. Stark argues that the U.S. approach to Yemen offers insights into the failures of American foreign policy throughout the Middle East and makes the case that despite often being drawn into conflicts within Yemen, the United States has not achieved its policy goals because it has narrowly focused on counterterrorism and regional geopolitical competition rather than on the well-being of Yemenis themselves. She offers recommendations designed to reorient U.S. policy in the Middle East in pursuit of U.S. national security interests and to support the people of these countries in their efforts to make their own communities safe, secure, and prosperous.

Join New America’s Future Security Program as they welcome Alexandra Stark to discuss her book The Yemen Model. Stark is a fellow with New America’s Future Security Program and an associate policy researcher at the RAND Corporation whose research has been published in academic and public outlets. The conversation will be moderated by New America Vice President and Arizona State University Professor of Practice Peter Bergen.

Join the conversation online using #YemenModel #NewAmericaEvents and following @NewAmericaISP.

GUEST

Dr. Alexandra Stark

Author, The Yemen Model

Fellow, New America Future Security Program

MODERATOR

Peter Bergen

Vice President, New America

Co-Director, Future Security

Professor of Practice, Arizona State University

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When
Apr. 30, 2024
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Where
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