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
Iran Conflict 2026: Bab el-Mandeb returns as second chokepoint- who is Ahmed Nagi at the International Crisis Group?
- Ahmed Nagi is the senior Yemen analyst at the International Crisis Group, covering the Houthi movement, Yemeni politics, and regional security dynamics in the Bab el-Mandeb corridor.Source: https://www.crisisgroup.org/who-we-are/people/ahmed-nagi
- what does Ahmed Nagi say about Houthi escalation in the Red Sea?
- In April 2026 Nagi told PressTV that Houthi forces are very likely to escalate in Bab el-Mandeb if the US blockade begins to bite Iran, raising the risk of a dual-chokepoint disruption alongside Hormuz.Source: https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/04/13/766784/Yemen-strait-closure-US-blockade-Iran-analyst-warning
- Ahmed Nagi background and previous roles?
- Nagi was previously a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center, has worked at Adyan Foundation in Lebanon and the Varieties of Democracy Institute in Sweden, and co-founded the Insight Source Center for Research in Yemen.Source: https://carnegieendowment.org/people/ahmed-nagi
- is Ahmed Nagi the same as Ali al-Mujahed?
- No. Ahmed Nagi is the International Crisis Group senior Yemen analyst. Ali al-Mujahed is a Sanaa-based journalist who has reported for the Washington Post, The Guardian, and the Sydney Morning Herald.Source: https://muckrack.com/ali-al-mujahed/articles
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.