Steven A. Zyck is a specialist in conflict and post-crisis recovery with a particular focus on the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia. He is currently a Research Fellow with the Humanitarian Policy Group at the Overseas Development Institute in London and the Editor of Stability: International Journal of Security & Development. Steven regularly consults for UN agencies, bilateral aid agencies, the World Bank, NATO and other organisations.
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Published in: HomeWhat if the Saudis win? Avoiding massive sectarian bloodshed in YemenSaudis won’t pull the triggers – AQAP, IS and various Sunni militias will do that – but they and their Sunni and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCrisis in Yemen: what the media is getting wrongIt is important to stop perpetuating misconceptions about the current crisis (i.e., that it’s a sectarian conflict...
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Published in: HomePakistan’s democracy on the rocksJust when many thought Pakistan was finally on the trajectory towards a functioning democratic system, unrest broke...
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Published in: HomeThe long road to retaliation: delayed airstrikes in Syria will exacerbate the regional refugee crisisRapid, punitive airstrikes two and a half weeks ago, while certainly displacing some Syrians, would have been less...
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Published in: HomeAl-Shabaab’s theft: humanitarian and security implications
The theft of UK aid in Somalia by the militant group al-Shabaab risks provoking a set of reactionary responses. The...
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Published in: HomeSecessionists and sectarianism: Yemen’s more combustible security crisesIn Yemen, there are far more significant sources of conflict with a far greater potential for escalation and loss of...