The Houthis can hurt Saudi Arabia but they cannot break it

Missiles can damage airports, disrupt oil facilities and frighten civilians. They cannot, by themselves, bring a resilient nation to its knees. Yet much of the commentary surrounding the latest Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia seems to confuse the Kingdom’s vulnerability to asymmetric warfare with a fundamental weakness of the Saudi state. These are two very different things. Saudi Arabia is facing a serious security challenge. The Houthi movement has demonstrated an alarming capacity to launch mi