Abstract The United States faces a critical strategic inflection in its approach to Ansar Allah (commonly designated the Houthis), a Zaydi revivalist political-military movement that has leveraged Iranian-supplied missiles, drones, and targeting support alongside local recruitment pipelines to threaten maritime commerce in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden while sustaining internal cohesion through economic … Leggi tutto Strategic Reassessment of U.S. Counter-Houthi Operations in Yemen: Integrating Narrow Deterrence with Dual-Legitimacy Economic Stabilization to Disrupt Iranian Patronage Networks and Prevent Narrative Reinforcement