Peter Salisbury Senior Analyst, Yemen Please submit all media inquiries to media@crisisgroup.org or call +32 (0) 2 536 00 71 Crisis Group Role Peter Salisbury is Crisis Group’s Senior Analyst for Yemen. Professional Background Peter has more than a decade of wide-ranging experience as a print, online and broadcast journalist. The former energy editor of MEED, the Middle East Economic Digest, he has written for The Economist, the Financial Times, Foreign Policy, and Vice News among others. He has consulted to the UK’s Department of International Development, the UN, and The World Bank, and has published a series of highly regarded papers on Yemen for Chatham House, the London-headquartered think tank where he is also a Senior Consulting Fellow. He has also produced a number of short- and long-format documentaries on Yemen for VICE, a youth-oriented media network. In 2018, he won a Canadian Screen Award for his work on the VICE television series, TERROR. Peter appears regularly on television, radio and in print as a commentator on Middle East affairs. Areas of Expertise Research Analysis Politics Economics Political economy Corruption Conflict Humanitarian issues Middle East and North Africa Arabian Peninsula Yemen Languages English (Native) Spanish (Fluent spoken) German (Intermediate) Arabic (Basic) French (Basic) In The News 3 Nov 2021 From an Iranian perspective, their ally in Yemen the Houthis appear very close in effect to winning the war in the north, if not the entire country. Reuters Peter Salisbury Senior Analyst, Yemen 24 Sep 2021 If anything, it is amazing how little the pandemic has affected the fighting [in Yemen]. The New York Times Peter Salisbury Senior Analyst, Yemen 12 Sep 2021 The Huthis [in Yemen] have gone from being a relatively contained rebel movement to de facto authorities who (control) the capital and territory where more than 20 million people live. AFP Peter Salisbury Senior Analyst, Yemen 7 Jul 2021 The Houthis appear to calculate that if they win in Marib, they will have won the war for the north of Yemen while humiliating the internationally recognized president. That is a considerable prize for their side, as it would also allow them to dictate terms for an end to the war. Los Angeles Times Peter Salisbury Senior Analyst, Yemen 29 Jun 2021 The good news is that there is clearly more focus on direct negotiations with the Houthi leadership in Sanaa [...] The bad news is that this hasn’t yet closed the gap between the Houthis’ and the Saudis’ positions. Until that happens, we won’t see much movement. Al Jazeera Peter Salisbury Senior Analyst, Yemen 23 Mar 2021 The Saudi proposal appears to double down on the idea that it is the Houthis who have to make concessions here. That won’t sit well with negotiators in Sanaa. Al Jazeera Peter Salisbury Senior Analyst, Yemen Latest Updates Commentary / Jihad in Modern Conflict 27 October 2021 How Islamist Militants Elsewhere View the Taliban’s Victory in Afghanistan While Islamist insurgents around the world are inspired by the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan, the question of whether and how they will benefit as a result is more complicated, as Crisis Group experts explain in this 360-degree view. Commentary / Middle East & North Africa 20 September 2021 Misunderstanding Yemen U.S. efforts to uproot al-Qaeda’s Yemeni franchise often overlooked the country’s mercurial politics. As part of our series The Legacy of 9/11 and the “War on Terror”, Peter Salisbury explains that the sectarianism the group espoused is still rife on all sides of Yemen’s war. Op-Ed / Middle East & North Africa 19 August 2021 The Shattering of Yemen: Why Ending the War Is More Difficult Than Ever Originally published in Foreign Affairs Commentary / Middle East & North Africa 18 June 2021 A New UN Envoy is an Opportunity for a New Approach in Yemen The UN is recruiting a new envoy to broker peace in Yemen. More important than who gets the job is how UN member states and the mediator perceive its purpose, interpretations of which have limited the UN to the flawed two-party framework adopted since 2015. Op-Ed / Middle East & North Africa 30 March 2021 Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council: A Delicate Balancing Act Originally published in Istituto Per Gli Studi Di Politica Internazionale (ISPI) Load more