Les Campbell, NDI director for Middle East programs, offers his expertise and analysis of the rapidly changing situation in Yemen.

Violence between ethnic Uzbeks and Kyrgyz last June in the Kyrgyz cities of Osh and Jalalabad left 470 dead, thousands injured and 400,000 displaced. With the goal of deterring future violence, a delegation from Kyrgyzstan recently affirmed the government’s commitment to carry out the recommendations of an international commission to defuse tensions and promote reconciliation.