Foreign Affairs

Yemen’s Humanitarian Crisis Exposes Global Failure and Deepening Regional Threats

By Economics Desk | July 9, 2025

As Yemen plunges deeper into famine, UN aid funding collapses and regional conflicts escalate, exposing dangerous gaps in global and American policy priorities.

More than 17 million people in Yemen are on the brink of starvation, including over one million children suffering from life-threatening malnutrition. This staggering humanitarian catastrophe, unfolding amidst a protracted civil war and regional proxy battles, demands urgent scrutiny—not just for humanitarian reasons but because it has direct implications for American interests and national security. Is The World Ready to Let Yemen Become a Failed State? Since 2014, Yemen has been shattered by war—an Iranian-backed Houthi insurgency wrested control of the capital Sanaa, forcing the legitimate government into exile. A Saudi-led coalition intervened to restore order but has since become...

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