MER Article Yemen and the Imperial Investments in War The killing of Jamal Khashoggi and the catastrophic war in Yemen has provoked intense and unprecedented public questioning about American ties to the Saudi regime in late 2018, particularly the role of American arms and military support in the Saudi-led war in Yemen. But rethinking the place of arms Priya Satia • 12 min read
MER Article Yemen’s Women Confront War’s Marginalization Despite advances gained from women’s strong participation in the 2011 uprisings against the dictatorship of Yemen’s former President Ali Abdullah Salih, and despite the fact that they continue to play an essential role in the day-to-day survival of their communities, three years of war and militariz Afrah Nasser • 12 min read
MER Article The Saudi Coalition’s Food War on Yemen Millions of Yemenis face starvation as a result of the war. In August 2018, more than 51 civilians were killed, at least 40 of them young children, when a bomb hit a school bus. Yet as devastating as these strikes have been, more deadly to the Yemeni people overall are the coalition strikes targetin Jeannie Sowers • 11 min read
MER Article Toward a Just Peace in Yemen At every stage, the scale of suffering has been preventable, and yet pervasive misunderstandings—and some deliberate mischaracterizations—mean that the war has reached a deadly stalemate. Stacey Philbrick Yadav, Jillian Schwedler • 16 min read
MER Article Editorial February’s Congressional passage of a historic resolution to end US support for the Saudi-led coalition’s war in Yemen was an important step toward ending that war and curtailing US military interventionism in the Middle East more generally. That House resolution invokes the War Power Resolution of 1973, which The Editors • 2 min read
MER Article “It is still early to write the history of Gezi” Mücella Yapıcı is an architect and activist, known for her work against urban renewal projects and environmental destruction in Turkey. She is the secretary and spokesperson of the activist group Taksim Solidarity, which was one of the leading organizations during the June 2013 Gezi Park protests. M Mücella Yapıcı • 8 min read
