Christopher Boucek

Christopher Boucek is an associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and editor of the book, Yemen on the Brink, September 2010.


Commentary

Catastrophic poverty, rampant corruption and the most dangerous al-Qaeda franchise in the world. Saleh is the least of Yemen's problems.

The country edges towards collapse.  Politicians jockey for position. Saleh will be routed.  But who—or what— will take his place?

Why the United States can't take its eyes off Yemen.

Al-Qaeda's offshoot in Yemen is now more dangerous than the original.

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May 25, 2012