Event Date: January 21, 2020 - 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Location: FSS 4004, FSS Building, 120 University Private, Ottawa
Presented by CIPS and the National Security Policy Network
The crisis in Yemen started as a civil war, but has since evolved into a regional conflict and a humanitarian catastrophe. This event will focus on one of the war’s often neglected sides: the situation in the south, where tension with the north has reached high levels.
Panelists:
Rasha Jarhum, Co-founder and Director, Peace Track Initiative
Abdul Kareem Saeed, Director of Foreign Relations, Office of Foreign Relations of Southern Transitional Council in Canada
Fatima Abo Alasrar, Non-resident scholar, Middle East Institute
Kamal Al-Solaylee, Professor of Journalism, Ryerson University
Moderated by Thomas Juneau, Associate Professor, University of Ottawa