{"id":4750,"date":"2024-03-27T14:04:58","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T14:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=4750"},"modified":"2024-03-27T14:06:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T14:06:40","slug":"talking-to-the-houthis-how-europeans-can-promote-peace-in-yemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=4750","title":{"rendered":"Talking to the Houthis: How Europeans Can Promote Peace in Yemen"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4750\" class=\"elementor elementor-4750\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c14e727 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c14e727\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-42785fd\" data-id=\"42785fd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-111c843 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"111c843\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Authors:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/ecfr.eu\/profile\/raiman_al_hamdani\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Raiman Al-Hamdani<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ecfr.eu\/profile\/helen_lackner\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Helen Lackner<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Affiliation: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Organization\/Publisher:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> ECFR<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Date\/Place:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> October 14, 2020\/Berlin<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Type of Literature: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Policy Brief&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Number of Pages:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 31<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Link: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ecfr.eu\/publication\/talking_to_the_houthis_how_europeans_can_promote_peace_in_yemen\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/ecfr.eu\/publication\/talking_to_the_houthis_how_europeans_can_promote_peace_in_yemen\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Keywords:<\/b> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Houthis, Yemen, EU, Ansar Allah.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><b>Brief:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This policy brief is directed to European policymakers to revise their policies towards Houthis (also called Ansar Allah) in Yemen, as the group is increasing in power and plays a dominant role in the country. By assessing their ideological development, financial resources, and mechanisms that Houthis use to control people, European policymakers can gain insights to deal with this group. More importantly, the EU should consider the implications of the growing of Houthis politically, strategically, and their ties with Iran. Based on that, instead of supporting the Saudi-led coalition that Houthis have demonstrated they could defeat, the EU members should play a parallel role. On the one hand, the EU members should engage in conditional negotiations with Houthis. On the other hand, the EU members should push back against the US and Saudi Arabia\u2019s attempt of designating Houthis as terrorists. Taking the initiative to open negotiations with Houthis\u2014and for them to be recognized internationally\u2014and pushing them to sit with their regional and international opponents would make an end to the humanitarian crisis, and also de-escalate the war between them and neighboring countries. By this step, reforms could then be taken inside Yemen like investing in the education sector to stifle the Houthis\u2019 ideological trend that urges for extremism and threatens the region.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><b>By:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Imad Atoui, CIGA Research Associate<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authors: Raiman Al-Hamdani and Helen Lackner Affiliation: European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) Organization\/Publisher: ECFR Date\/Place: October 14, 2020\/Berlin Type of Literature: Policy Brief&nbsp; Number of Pages: 31 Link: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; https:\/\/ecfr.eu\/publication\/talking_to_the_houthis_how_europeans_can_promote_peace_in_yemen\/&nbsp; Keywords: Houthis, Yemen, EU, Ansar Allah. 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