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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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Three of the kidnapped individuals have been found dead in Yemen, we are trying to get more news. The identity of who kidnapped the 9 is still unclear.Update: al-Sahwa is […]
The fighting continues, with reinforcements coming from Aden. More than 26 suspects are reported to have been arrested since the start of fighting. Al-Tagheer is reporting similar things – they […]
For those with an interest I will be part of a panel – I think, I will be unless they have booked my evil twin, who insists on spelling Johnsen […]
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula continues its recent media blitz with an audio tape that has been released to the forums (thanks to Ibn Siqilli for the tip). The tape […]
Yesterday I wrote about ‘Abdullah al-Midhar escaping from Yemeni security forces in Shabwa. His freedom, it seems, did not last long. Numerous English language reports have the news of his […]
As promised the video of my talk from the New American Foundation conference is now available here. It also has Ken Ballen’s excellent presentation and some Q and A.
Mohammed al-Qadhi has another good piece on the tremors just under the surface as the anniversary approaches.The money quote, in my opinion:“Mr Saleh formed special fact-finding committees in 2007 to […]