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U.S. Policy Under a Trump Administration: Yemen, The Gulf, and the Axis of Resistance.
As the Middle East becomes increasingly unstable, a Trump administration would face pressing questions about the future of U.S. strategy in the region. In Yemen, the Houthis’ expanding Red Sea operations and territorial control present a stark choice: can peace be brokered without empowering a Tehran-aligned group, or will continued pressure on the Houthis eliminate any pathway to negotiation?
Meanwhile, in Washington, political debates over Yemen policy, particularly over the terrorism designation of the Houthis, aggravate the regional challenges. How Washington navigates these challenges will determine the trajectory of its influence in the region.
When
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
11:00 am – 12:30 pm EST
Where
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Speakers
Mohammed A. Salih
Non-resident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Institute
Salih, a non-resident senior fellow at the Philadelphia-based Foreign Policy Research Institute, is an independent researcher and consultant. Holding a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, he brings nearly two decades of experience, having written extensively on Middle Eastern affairs and U.S. foreign policy toward the region for leading international media outlets, think tanks, and scholarly journals.
Adam T. Clements
(U.S. Army Retired) Former U.S. Diplomat and Pentagon Official
A Foreign Affairs Leader specializing in advisory services at the intersection of political-military affairs, international relations, security cooperation, intelligence, and business development. Clements served in numerous leadership and operational military assignments, including in the Pentagon and overseas as a military diplomat during the Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations. He served as an advisor on national security, specializing in Middle East and North Africa geopolitical, intelligence, defense, political-military, and policy matters.
Clements participated in U.S. diplomatic missions to Yemen, Jordan, and Iraq. He held intelligence, strategy, and policy positions at the Pentagon, supporting the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Army Chief of Staff. Adam is a political-military affairs contributor to The New York Times, The Washington Post, BBC World News, Al Jazeera, Al Arabiya, Al Hadath, and other media outlets.
Mustafa Naji Aljabzi
Former Yemen Diplomat and Doctoral Candidate, Université de Rouen Normandie
A former Yemeni diplomat and researcher in social studies, he holds a master’s degree in Francophone literature from Paris VIII and later specialized in public administration, graduating from the National School of Administration in France (now INSP). His research focuses on the processes of social and political transformation in Yemen. He has authored several forward-looking studies and has contributed intellectual, literary, and historical translations in French and Arabic. Mustafa is currently preparing to defend his doctorate in political sociology, which examines political socialization within the political Islam movement in Yemen.
Fatima Abo Alasrar (Moderator)
Senior Policy Analyst, Washington Center for Yemeni Studies
A Senior Policy Analyst at WCYS and a contributing analyst and speaker since 2021. Upon joining the Center in 2024, she established the Research Fellowship program for Yemeni experts and the Research Apprenticeship program for students and recent graduates. Her expertise has been instrumental in shaping the Center’s annual policy agenda, a cornerstone of National Yemen Advocacy Day.
Alasrar is a Non-Resident Scholar at the Middle East Institute. Before that, she was a Senior Analyst at the Arabia Foundation in Washington DC, MENA Director for Cure Violence, a Research Associate at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, a Mason Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government, and an International Policy Fellow at the Open Society Foundation. From 2006-12, she worked as an advisor for the Embassy of Yemen in Washington, DC. Earlier in her career, Alasrar served as a program officer for the Department for International Development (DFID) in Yemen.
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