Noel Brehony CMG is Honorary Vice President and former Chair of the British Yemeni Society. A former diplomat, he has been working on Yemen for many years authoring Yemen Divided (I.B. Tauris, 2011) and editing Hadhramaut and its Diaspora (I.B Tauris, 2017) and co-editing with Saud al-Sarhan, Rebuilding Yemen (2015). Amat Alsoswa was Yemen’s first minister for human rights and the first female cabinet member in the country’s history. She served previously as Yemen's ambassador to Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands. More recently, she has consulted with the World Bank, particularly in areas such as peacebuilding, gender equality and human rights.

• Introduction, Amat Alsoswa, Arabian Peninsula Advisory Board, Washington D.C, USA ; and Noel Brehony, British-Yemeni Society, UKChapter 1: The future structure of the Yemen State, Stephen Day, Rollins College in Winter Park, USAChapter 2: Yemen and the International Community: fragmented approaches, Laurent Bonnefoy, Sciences Po, FranceChapter 3: Sectarianism and tribalism in the Yemeni war. Hussein Al-Waday, Independent researcher, Yemen; and Maysaa Shujaadeen, Sana'a Center for Strategic Studies, YemenChapter 4: Their fate is tied to ours: assessing AQAP governance and implications for security in Yemen, Joana Cook, Leiden University, NetherlandsChapter 5: Women in the New Yemen. Sabria Al-Thawr, University of Sanaa, Yemen; and Bilkis Zabara, University of Sanaa, YemenChapter 6: A Parasitic Political Economy . Charles Schmitz, Towson University, USAChapter 7: Post-Conflict Economic Recovery and Development in Yemen, Rafat al-Akhali, University of Oxford, UKChapter 8: The Role of the International Community and the GCC Countries in the Economic Development of Yemen, Amat Alsoswa, USAChapter 9: The future of Yemeni agriculture and water. Helen Lackner, SOAS University of London, UKChapter 10: Maximising Regional Incentives for Long-term Peace and Stability in Yemen. James Firebrace, JFA Consulting, UK; and Alia Eshaq,Mashora Group, UK

Building a New Yemen is a remarkable work that should be read beyond the academic community. The edited volume contains powerful lessons for aid organizations, diplomats, and UN institutions. … At its core, Building a New Yemen asserts that Yemen and its relations with the international community must be re-imagined for positive change to occur after the war’s end.