Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 02/2010

Strengthening Yemeni Counterterrorism Forces: Challenges and Political Considerations

Michael Knights

January 2010

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Abstract

On January 2, 2010, President Barack Obama confirmed that he had "made it a priority to strengthen our partnership with the Yemeni government -- training and equipping their security forces, sharing intelligence and working with them to strike al-Qaeda terrorists."