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Gregory Johnsen
Near East Studies Scholar, Princeton University
Gregory Johnsen, a former Fulbright Fellow in Yemen, is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. Johnsen has written for a variety of publications on Yemen including, among others, Foreign Policy, The American Interest, The Independent, The Boston Globe, and The National. He is the co-founder of Waq al-Waq: Islam and Insurgency in Yemen Blog. In 2009, he was a member of the USAID's conflict assessment team for Yemen.
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I have some unexpected free time this morning, so I thought it would be nice to return to the short-lived morning papers segment of Waq al-waq.US Secretary of Defense Robert […]
According to reports in al-Sahwa and al-Tagheer, soldiers from the 312th brigade have besieged the villages in al-Zuwar, which is located in the Surwah district of Marib in an effort […]
Waq al-waq expects better from the New York Times, we really do. This article from the NY Times’ Steven Erlanger includes this section: “Although Mr. Wuhayshi is still widely believed […]
The news from Yemen is a bit thin today because a) newspapers keep getting banned and b) I’m still struggling to maneuver through al-Ghad and al-Hayat’s new formatting, both of […]
Congratulations are in order to a good friend – who wishes to remain nameless – who successfully defended his/her dissertation this morning, and will surely play an important if behind-the-scenes […]
Waq al-waq topped 5,000 visitors yesterday, which is a new high for us, welcome to all you newcomers.For those that don’t know, I run a periodic (that is, whenever the […]
For those with an interest I did a Bloggingheads segment with Mark Goldberg here.