Editorial Policy
Osan Center for Media and Peace Analysis
The Osan Center for Media and Peace Analysis believes that understanding conflict requires more than reporting or describing events. It requires explaining their drivers, anticipating their trajectories, and assessing their implications for peace and stability. Guided by this approach, the Center maintains an independent editorial policy that combines journalistic accuracy, rigorous analysis, and evidence-based foresight to produce reliable knowledge that helps researchers, decision-makers, media professionals, and the wider public understand developments rather than merely follow them.
Editorial Independence
Osan Center maintains full professional independence in the preparation and publication of its journalistic and research materials and does not submit to political, financial, or ideological influence that could compromise the integrity of its content or predetermine its conclusions. The views and conclusions presented in analyses and studies reflect professional assessments based on evidence and reliable sources and do not necessarily represent the positions of any external party.
Content Standards
Across all editorial and research materials, the Center is committed to:
- Verifying information through reliable and multiple sources whenever possible.
- Clearly distinguishing between news, reports, analysis, studies, and opinion articles.
- Presenting information in its full context while avoiding selective presentation or misleading framing.
- Using balanced and professional language and avoiding incitement, hate speech, and discrimination.
- Respecting copyright and intellectual property rights when using sources or quotations.
- Providing explanatory or forward-looking value beyond the mere description of events.
- Building analysis around clearly defined hypotheses supported by evidence.
- Clearly distinguishing between established facts, professional analysis, and future scenarios.
Analytical and Foresight Methodology
Osan Center bases its analyses and studies on an analytical and foresight methodology that seeks to explain the drivers of political, security, and economic developments, assess their possible trajectories, and examine their implications for peace and stability rather than simply describing or recounting events.
This methodology is guided by several core principles:
- Explaining why a development occurred, not merely what happened.
- Examining why it occurred at a particular moment and identifying the factors that drove it.
- Assessing possible trajectories on the basis of indicators and evidence rather than unsupported predictions.
- Assessing developments through their implications for peace and stability in Yemen and the wider region.
- Providing added analytical value in every assessment through a clear hypothesis, supporting evidence, and indicators that help illuminate future trends.
Sources and Documentation
The Center draws on official sources, original documents, international reports, direct interviews, field data, and credible academic and research sources in preparing its materials.
These sources are used as evidence supporting the analysis, with information documented and attributed whenever the nature of the published material requires it.
Distinguishing Between Content Types
The Center publishes several types of content and clearly identifies the nature of each. These include:
Each publication is categorized according to its editorial nature to provide readers with greater clarity.
Corrections Policy
Osan Center is committed to correcting any factual error identified in its published materials once the error has been verified.
Corrections may include revising information, adding clarification, or updating a publication when new information becomes available, while maintaining transparency and accuracy throughout the publishing process.
Human Rights and Publishing Ethics
The Center places respect for human dignity and human rights at the heart of its editorial work. It seeks to avoid publishing content that violates privacy or incites violence, hatred, or discrimination, while exercising appropriate sensitivity in covering conflict and the communities affected by it, particularly women and children.
Use of Artificial Intelligence
The Center may use artificial intelligence tools for certain technical, linguistic, or organizational purposes to improve the quality and efficiency of its work. However, all materials undergo human review, editing, and verification before publication. The editorial team remains solely responsible for published content, its accuracy, and its compliance with the Center’s editorial policy.
Transparency and Communication
Osan Center welcomes feedback, corrections, and inquiries concerning its published content and regards such engagement as part of its commitment to continuous improvement and to strengthening trust with its readers and partners.
Analytical Knowledge to Support Understanding and Decision-Making
The Osan Center for Media and Peace Analysis seeks to produce analytical knowledge that helps explain political, security, and economic developments in Yemen and the wider region by examining their drivers, anticipating their trajectories, and assessing their implications for peace and stability. The Center’s role extends beyond monitoring events: it seeks to provide analytical frameworks and forward-looking indicators that enrich public debate and contribute to policies and decisions grounded in evidence and knowledge.