Georgetown Scholar’s New Study Addresses Yemen’s Reconciliation Challenges and Solutions

“A Lasting Peace? Yemen’s Long Journey to National Reconciliation” is the title of the recently published field-based research study by Ibrahim Sharqieh, adjunct professor in International Conflict Resolution at SFS-Q.

Dr. Sharqieh’s findings are the result of field research in Yemen that included dozens of interviews with senior government officials, heads of political parties, civil society organizations, tribal leaders, youth revolutionaries in Change Square, and representatives of the Houthis (north Yemen) and Herak (south Yemen).

The paper outlines the political challenges to post-revolutionary Yemen’s unity and stability. In it Dr. Sharqieh tackles head-on the question of how Yemen can deal with its legacy of dictatorship and violence and prevent another slide into civil conflict. Ultimately he maps an inclusive process of reconciliation that is Yemen’s best chance of lasting peace. He concludes his research findings with ways the international community can help Yemen achieve stability.

In addition to his post at Georgetown’s campus in Qatar, Dr. Sharqieh is a Foreign Policy fellow at Brookings Institution and deputy director of the Brookings Doha Center. His recent paper on Yemen is a publication of the Brookings Doha Center.