The current UN Security Council Resolution on Yemen (2511) expires on February 26. A good indication of where the Biden admin is headed in Yemen should be evident from what the US presses for in the new resolution.
Every UN resolution since 2015 has used UNSC Resolution 2216 as its basis. This, as many people including myself believe, is no longer a helpful framework.
(2216 essentially calls for unilateral Houthis surrender, which one can call for, but that doesn't mean it is likely to happen.) The situation on the ground has changed too much for 2216 to be continue as the framework.
So, in the relatively short time that the Biden admin has been in office can it successfully negotiate a new resolution (the UK holds the pen on Yemen)? A tall order, but leaving 2216 in place likely means not much progress on Yemen in 2021.
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