Experts
Gregory Johnsen
Near East Studies Scholar, Princeton University
Interview with Gregory Johnsen
June 9, 2010
| Is Yemen Our Next Battleground? | 5:46 | Discuss |
| Why Al-Qaeda Is Thriving in Yemen | 5:51 | Discuss |
| Yemen Politics: "Like Dancing on the Heads of Snakes” | 7:26 | Discuss |
| Full Interview | 18:37 | Discuss |
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November 2, 2011
Brian O'Neill, co-founder of Waq al-waq, remembers Chris:
As most people reading this today already know, Chris Boucek- suddenly, unexpectedly, tragically, passed away this morning, at the shoc...
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October 25, 2011
Earlier today Aaron Zelin over at Jihadology pointed me to a new release on the forums. Ansar al-Shariah, the group we first heard about earlier this spring in a talk by Adil al-'Abab, AQAP's chi...
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October 17, 2011
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October 10, 2011
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September 30, 2011
For those who want more al-Awlaki, although I don't see how you possibly could. Here is a radio spot I did for the Takeaway this morning.
And a video from al-Jazeera English.
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About Gregory Johnsen
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.