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This report disaggregates the threat posed by al-Qa`ida in the Arabian Peninsula from the sources of instability surrounding it by exploring the group’s strategy, tactics and objectives from the Yemeni perspective. This shift in analytical lens, from the global threat to the local context, is essential for understanding how the country’s most prominent violent jihadist group has managed to persist for nearly five years. Only by examining the actions of al-Qa`ida in the Arabian Peninsula from the local perspective is it possible to discern the constraints and opportunities shaping the group’s ambitions both inside and outside Yemen.