for muhammad al basha. to what extent is are the members of the southern movement., how are increased calls for actions being addressed? >> when the huthis came into the capital, the group is still segmented. their defense actions are still competing. they do not have a unified voice. one of the things that made the huthis and effective movement is hierarchy, discipline, and goals. i think this other movement is reacting more than actually reacting on a plan. there are daily events where there is clashing. theeverybody is now behind the barrier of security and defending themselves. we are seeing the country evolving into one group that is pro-huthi, one is anti-huthi, one is against all of them. >> recognize that most of the military officials are loyal to hadi. he became a hero by resigning. he has now got nothing and anti-huthi forces. they see him as a traitor. >> we have time for one more question. >> i'm a former diplomat of the yemeni and the city. we have a key issue here. a minority want to demonize

and muhammad al basha from the yemeni embassy here in washington dc who has a lifetime of experience to draw on. we will start with peter. >> first of all, thank you very much for having me here this afternoon. most people who watch yemen will tell you that it is a very complex country. it is very complicated. what i will try to do in the next 10 minutes is make it a little bit more complicated if that is okay. [laughter] i will talk about how we have gone over the the past year into the national dialogue conference, which coincided with the anniversary of the first year of international dialogue, how do we move from this euphoric moment a year ago to the point where we have no president, no prime minister, no government, and no real understanding of who holds power in yemen? it has a lot to do with two separate, yet intertwined issues. coalition building and of negotiation in yemen. when we look at yemen, we tend to see it as a i lawless state. we saw actors who are incapable of acting outside of some -- outside of self-interest. while that is broadly correct there are rules within

muhammad al basha from the yemeni embassy here in washington d.c. who has a lifetime of experience to draw on. and we'll start with peter. >> okay first of all thank you very much for having me here this afternoon. most people who watched yemenll tell you that it's a very, very complex country. it is very complicated. what we'll try to do in the next ten minutes is make it a little bit more complicated if that's okay. i'm going to talk about how we've gone over the past year from the end of the national dialogue conference which almost exactly coincided as an anniversary, of the first year of the end of the national dialogue with hadi announcing his resignation. how do we move from the euphoric moment a year ago to the point where we have no president, no prime minister, no government and no real understanding of who holds the balance of power in yemen. the answer has a lot to do with separate yet intertwined issues of coalition building and of negotiation in yemen. when we look at yemen we tend to see it as lawless state. a place where there are no