Empty Threats and Aid Weaponization: Understanding the International Response to Yemen’s Humanitarian Crisis

• In Event: Opposition and Rebellion in the MENA

Brief Overview

Why has Yemen's Houthi rebel group weaponized humanitarian aid? I argue that the structure of the humanitarian response in Yemen undermines the credibility of threats to punish bad behavior, thereby doing little to deter Houthi aid weaponization.

Author

• Michael Makara, University of Central Missouri