Jack Watling

Jack Watling is an academic studying civil conflict policy. He has reported for Foreign Policy, the Atlantic, the Guardian, Haaretz, Jane’s Intelligence Review and others.

Articles by Jack Watling

Saleh al-Samad, the president of the Houthis’ Supreme Political Council, sits behind bulletproof glass at a rally in Sanaa, Yemen, on Aug. 20, 2016. (Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)

How the UAE’s Chinese-Made Drone Is Changing the War in Yemen

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Rawan Shaif, Jack Watling

April 27, 2018, 12:34 PM

How the War on Terror Failed Yemen

Argument

Jack Watling, Namir Shabibi

May 18, 2016, 5:03 PM

Don’t Call It a Jihadist Insurgency — Yet

Argument

Jack Watling, Paul Raymond

December 16, 2015, 3:26 PM

Mali’s Voice of Reason

Argument

Jack Watling, Paul Raymond

October 8, 2015, 2:36 PM

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY STEPHANE JOURDAIN
Muslim faithfuls take part in the midday prayer in the northern Malian city of Gao March 14, 2013. AFP PHOTO / JOHN MACDOUGALL (Photo credit should read JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images) — TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY STEPHANE JOURDAIN Muslim faithfuls take part in the midday prayer in the northern Malian city of Gao March 14, 2013. AFP PHOTO / JOHN MACDOUGALL (Photo credit should read JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images)

The Iranian-Saudi Proxy Wars Come to Mali

Dispatch

Paul Raymond, Jack Watling

August 19, 2015, 6:25 PM

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Is Soft Power Making a Comeback?

How to Get Chinese Elites to Support Democracy

South African History From Above

Why Did Trudeau Dawdle on Chinese Election Meddling?

Jack Watling