Ahmed Nagi
ICG senior Yemen analyst; covers Houthis and Red Sea security
Last refreshed: 14 April 2026
Timeline for Ahmed Nagi
Told PressTV that Houthi forces were very likely to escalate in Bab el-Mandeb if blockade bit Iran
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Background
Ahmed Nagi is a senior analyst on Yemen at the International Crisis Group (ICG), a Brussels-headquartered conflict-research organisation that publishes independent analysis on active and latent conflicts worldwide. He covers Yemen's conflict dynamics, politics, security, and the regional powers shaping the war, including the Houthi movement, the Saudi-led Coalition, and Iran-aligned networks across the Red Sea corridor.
Nagi was previously a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, where he focused on religious and tribal identities, citizenship, and state-building in Yemen. He has held research roles at Lebanon's Adyan Foundation and Sweden's Varieties of Democracy Institute, and co-founded the Insight Source Center for Research in Yemen. He holds a Master's in public governance from the University of Granada in Spain, and works in Arabic and English.
His commentary is regularly cited by Reuters, PressTV, The Guardian, and Gulf-focused outlets when Yemen-related decisions intersect with the wider Middle Eastern conflict map. In April 2026 he assessed that Houthi forces are very likely to escalate operations in the Bab el-Mandeb if the US naval blockade of Iran begins to bite Tehran.