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This episode discusses the funding and supply chains of the Houthis in Yemen, featuring insights from expert Peter Salisbury.

In this episode of Disorder, Jane Kinninmont is joined by Peter Salisbury, Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University, and Senior Fellow at the Century Foundation, who has spent years tracking the illicit supply chains fuelling the war in Yemen. His upcoming report, launching at King's College London, is essential reading for anyone trying to understand how the Houthis went from a little-known insurgent group to a force capable of disrupting global shipping. Jane and Peter discuss how the Houthis learned to manufacture their own drones and missiles rather than simply receiving them from Iran, the outsized role China now plays in supplying the components that power this new generation of weapons, the fragile Saudi-Houthi truce since 2022, and what the changing economics of drone warfare mean for the future of arms control. For ad free listening, early release episodes and bonus episodes, join our Mega Orderers Club at disordershow.com/club Producer: Sam Cluley Subscribe to our Substack - https://natoandtheged.substack.com/ Disorder on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@DisorderShow Show Notes Links: The report that Pete is talking about can be found here…

People in this episode

Host: Jane Kinninmont

Guest: Peter Salisbury

Topics covered

• Houthis
• Yemen conflict
• drone warfare
• arms control
• global shipping
• illicit supply chains

Keywords

• Houthis
• Yemen

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Columbia University, Century Foundation

Places: Yemen, Saudi, China, King's College London

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