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 15 Mar 2020 Now [Yemen's] fate is linked to a much bigger picture in a three-dimensional chess game. The Guardian Peter Salisbury Senior Analyst, Yemen 25 Feb 2020 [The Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula] hasn’t posed the kind of threat to the West it did a decade ago in a number of years. Washington Post Peter Salisbury Senior Analyst, Yemen 2 Oct 2019 It has been politically more convenient to lay the blame for Houthis at Iran’s door than to say that the Houthis’ rise was the product of a series of internal political miscalculations and misplaced international priorities. Foreign Policy Peter Salisbury Senior Analyst, Yemen 18 Sep 2019 Without a political settlement, Yemen threatened to play a role as a trigger or to become embroiled in a wider regional conflict, in particular if a Houthi or Houthi-claimed attack was successful. Financial Times Peter Salisbury Senior Analyst, Yemen 11 Aug 2019 The problem right now from the perspective of ending the [Yemen] war is that Saudi Arabia and to an extent the Trump administration are unwilling to do so without a tangible ‘win’ for Riyadh. Los Angeles Times Peter Salisbury Senior Analyst, Yemen 30 Jul 2019 [Al Qaida in Yemen has] become much more focused on integrating with local spheres and much less focused on the brand-name, big-ticket attacks. ABC News Peter Salisbury Senior Analyst, Yemen Latest Updates Our Journeys / Middle East & North Africa 17 April 2020 Behind the Front Lines in Yemen’s Marib Just before major battles in northern Yemen and the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Crisis Group expert Peter Salisbury travelled to Marib, the government’s last stronghold. He found a region coping well with massive displacement but fearing a settlement that would favour the advancing Huthis. Also available in العربية Op-Ed / Middle East & North Africa 11 November 2019 Peace Is Possible in Yemen Out of a Moment of Crisis, a Chance for a Solution. Originally published in Foreign Affairs Also available in العربية Commentary / Middle East & North Africa 5 November 2019 The Beginning of the End of Yemen’s Civil War? For the first time in years, a viable pathway to peace in Yemen is in view. But obstacles remain, chiefly the gaps between the conflict parties’ positions. Also available in العربية Commentary / Middle East & North Africa 20 September 2019 After the Aramco Attack: A Middle East One Step Closer to Its “1914 Moment” On 14 September, strikes of uncertain provenance hit Saudi Arabia’s largest oil facilities, taking some 50 per cent of the kingdom’s oil production temporarily offline. Crisis Group offers a 360-degree view of the attacks and their implications for Middle Eastern and international peace and security. Our Journeys / Middle East & North Africa 16 April 2019 Picturing Aden’s Fragile Recovery After visiting Aden with a Crisis Group team doing field research and advocacy in Yemen’s interim capital, our Yemen expert Peter Salisbury shares his images of a city struggling to get back on its feet nearly four years after Huthi forces were pushed out. Also available in العربية Load more