Catherine Shakdam is the managing director of Access Media, as well as a political risk analyst for Wikistrat and a blogger for the Russian International Affairs Council.

Fighting Faith

[caption id="attachment_55246997" align="alignnone" width="619"] Yemeni Salafist protesters shout slogans as they take part in a demonstration in…

Pushed into the Shadows

[caption id="attachment_55250436" align="alignnone" width="620"] Graphic artists paint a wall in Sana'a, Yemen on January 28, 2014. (Sinan Yiter…

Fueling Yemen’s Black Market

[caption id="attachment_55250151" align="alignnone" width="620"] Yemenis queue to fill their jerrycans with gasoline at a gas station in Sana'a,…

Yemen’s Information War

[caption id="attachment_55249872" align="alignnone" width="620"] Yemen researcher at Human Rights Watch Belkis Wille presents a report entitled "'A…

Ministry of Apathy

[caption id="attachment_55249425" align="alignnone" width="620"] An armored vehicle is parked outside the Interior Ministry in the Yemeni capital,…

Al-Qaeda’s Southern Resurgence

[caption id="attachment_55249050" align="alignnone" width="620"] Yemenis gather on the site of a suicide car bombing at the security headquarters in…

Yemen’s Forgotten Crisis

[caption id="attachment_55248544" align="alignnone" width="620"] House visits of community mid-wives are instrumental in providing household-based…

E Pluribus Yemen

[caption id="attachment_55248008" align="alignnone" width="620"] Yemen's President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi (R) speaks during the closing session of…

Building a Free Press in Yemen

[caption id="attachment_55247663" align="alignnone" width="620"] Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber (C-L) was joined by former US Presidential Adviser…

Cleaning the Slate

[caption id="attachment_55240405" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Yemeni soldiers stand guard near the residence of Yemen's President Hadi in Sana'a…