Elisabeth Kendall

Elisabeth Kendall, Arabist and Yemen expert, outlines Houthi capabilities and strategic aims. Martje van Raamsdonk, Norwegian Refugee Council director in Tehran, describes life under intensified bombing and displacement. They discuss Houthi weaponry and regional shipping risks. They also cover humanitarian challenges in Tehran and the wider regional spillover in short, sharp updates.

Elisabeth Kendall, leading academic on Yemen and jihadist movements and Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge, unpacks who the Houthis are and what drives them. Short takes cover their strategic timing, control of Bab al-Mandeb and Red Sea chokepoints, missile and drone tactics, Tehran ties without full proxy status, media savvy, and how Palestinian solidarity shapes their moves.

From August 26, 2020: Yemen is home to the most tragic circumstances imaginable right now—years upon years of war, environmental disasters and severe humanitarian plight, exacerbated by cholera, diphtheria and now COVID-19. To discuss the ongoing situation, David Priess sat down with Elisabeth Kendall, a senior research fellow in Arabic and Islamic Studies at Pembroke College, Oxford University, who has spent extensive time on the ground in Yemen, and Mick Mulroy, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East. They talked about the roots of the Yemeni war and its humanitarian toll, its evolution through conflict and COVID-19, and prospects for improved conditions.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.