Yemen: Back from the Brink

Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Speaker
Abdul Karim Aleryani

Former Prime Minister, Yemen; Vice President, Yemen National Dialogue Conference

Presider
Isobel Coleman

Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Director, Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative, Council on Foreign Relations

Abdul Karim Aleryani, a former prime minister and vice president of the Yemen National Dialogue Conference, discusses Yemen's political transition process.

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