Experts & Staff

Adam Baron

ECFR Alumni · Visiting Fellow

Areas of expertise

Yemen; Arabian peninsula; War on Terror

Languages

English (native), Arabic (conversational)

Biography

Adam Baron was a visiting fellow with the Middle East and North Africa programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations. His topics of focus include Yemen, the Arabian Peninsula, and the War on Terror. 

Baron was based Sanaa, Yemen from 2011-2014, where he worked as a journalist, reporting for the Christian Science Monitor, the Economist and McClatchy. His commentary on Yemen has been featured in outlets such as Foreign Policy, the National (UAE), al Jazeera English, and the Nation (US). He has also provided commentary for radio and television outlets including CNN, NPR, al Jazeera English, the BBC, Monocle Radio, and the CBC. 

Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, Baron received a BA in Arab Studies and Religion from Williams College, an MA in International Peace and Security from the Department of War Studies at Kings College London, and studied Arabic at the American University in Cairo. He has been with the ECFR since October 2014. 

The road to Uppsala: Opportunity and urgency in Yemen

This past weekend, the first steps toward political dialogue in Yemen took place in Sweden; but with a large part of the country on the brink of famine, a sense of urgency remains

Yemen’s diplomatic discord

After the collapse of planned consultations in Geneva, a new round of formal peace talks seems unlikely before the end of the year

Publications

Articles

The road to Uppsala: Opportunity and urgency in Yemen

This past weekend, the first steps toward political dialogue in Yemen took place in Sweden; but with a large part of the country on the brink of famine, a sense of urgency remains

Yemen’s diplomatic discord

After the collapse of planned consultations in Geneva, a new round of formal peace talks seems unlikely before the end of the year

Not only a pawn in their game

The war in Yemen has its own domestic logic, independent of the Saudi-Iranian ‘cold war’

Specials

Podcasts

In the media