Instability in Yemen Creates Conditions Ripe for Extremism

Yemeni students shout slogans during a protest after several suicide bombings claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group on March 22, 2015 outside the university in the capital Sanaa.

Eric Schmitt, a senior writer who covers terrorism and national security issues for The New York Times and is the author of Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America’s Campaign Against Al Qaeda (St. Martin's Griffin, 2012), discusses the United States' struggle to combat what has become a hotbed of disparate terrorist cells in Yemen.