Just days after the Biden administration reversed the Trump-era designation of the Houthi movement as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), the armed group renewed its military campaign to take over the strategic city of Marib. As the Yemeni national army backed by resistance fighters and local tribes fights to fend off the offensive, Saudi Arabia has carried out airstrikes and redeployed military hardware to repel the Houthi onslaught. President Biden and his new special envoy to Yemen, Timothy Lenderking, have condemned the Houthi attack on Marib, stressing the need for diplomatic solutions to bring the interminable Yemen conflict to an end.
Navanti’s data collection and analysis are based on networks of on-the-ground researchers from all walks of life: journalists, academics, and humanitarian workers, to name a few. Our analysts also keep abreast of open source reports to inform their work. Below, these analysts have summarized and contextualized the most important pieces they have read and listened to over the past month.
The year 2021 will be a year of elections across North, Central, and South America as popular discontent and economic woes caused by COVID-19 continue to spur social unrest and threaten peaceful transitions of power. Socio-economic disparities, a lack of democratic reforms, and political crises may continue to fuel insecurity and encourage populist leaders.
Much of the Arabian Peninsula and the Levant face several challenges ahead, as political, economic, and humanitarian crises continue to exacerbate the plight of millions. What follows are a list of key trends that are worth monitoring closely going into 2021.
Much of Eastern Europe, which includes the Baltics, the Balkans, the Black Sea states, and the Caucasus are in a state in flux due to the COVID-19 pandemic, facing a region-wide economic downturn and dueling geopolitical interests. What follows are a list of key trends that are worth monitoring closely going into 2021.
Much of North Africa, the Central Sahel, Lake Chad Basin, and East Africa face several challenges ahead, as political, economic, and humanitarian crises continue to exacerbate the plight of millions. What follows are a list of key trends that are worth monitoring closely going into 2021.
Navanti’s data collection and analysis are based on networks of on-the-ground researchers from all walks of life: journalists, academics, and humanitarian workers, to name a few. Our analysts also keep abreast of open source reports to inform their work. Below, these analysts have summarized and contextualized the most important pieces they have read and listened to over the past month.
Nigeria’s #ENDSARS protests began in early October 2020 and were a mass revolt against police brutality towards the general population and young people in particular. SARS – an acronym for Special Anti-Robbery Squad – is a specialized unit in the Nigerian Police Force with a mandate to investigate and tackle armed robbery, kidnapping and other criminal activity. Over the years, SARS has been accused of gross human rights abuses, extra-judicial killings, extortion, among other violations.
The year 2020 was monumental in the Eurasian region for several reasons—Moldova elected its first woman President; Belarusians and Bulgarians took a stand against corruption; violence erupted in Nagorno-Karabakh and continued in Eastern Ukraine; and countries reacted to a global pandemic that has so far claimed the lives of over 1.7 million people worldwide. What is to follow is a list of the top five events in the region that are worth monitoring closely going into 2021.
Navanti’s data collection and analysis are based on networks of on-the-ground researchers from all walks of life: journalists, academics, and humanitarian workers, to name a few. Our analysts also keep abreast of open source reports to inform their work. Below, these analysts have summarized and contextualized the most important pieces they have read and listened to over the past month.
