Global, Regional, and Local Dynamics in the Yemen Crisis

This international relations study investigates the underlying causes of the Yemen crisis by analyzing the interactions of global, regional, and local actors. At all phases, GCC member states played a key role, from political negotiations amidst street protests in 2011 to formation of an international military coalition in 2015. Using a multi-actor model, the book shows that various actors, whether state or non-state, foreign or domestic, combined to create a disastrous armed conflict and humanitarian crisis. Yemen's tragedy is often blamed on Saudi Arabia and its rivalry with Iran, which is usually defined in sectarian Sunni-Shia terms, yet the book presents a more complex picture of what happened due to involvement by many other foreign actors, such as the UAE, UN, UK, US, EU, Russia, China, Turkey, Oman, Qatar, and African states of the Red Sea and Horn of Africa.

Offers the reader a rigorous, well-researched analysis of how and why the political crisis and war in Yemen occurred Provides crucial historical background information extending back to 2010, one year before the Arab Spring Brings together contributions from top scholars, examining Yemen's political crisis and war through the lens of the multiple-actor analytical model Considers the internal roles of President Hadi, former president Saleh, Houthi rebels, the Islah party, Hirak movement, Southern Transitional Council, and various Salafi and Jihadi groups like al-Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

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Stephen W. Day is Adjunct Professor of International Affairs at Rollins College, and former Visiting Assistant Professor of Middle East Politics at St. Lawrence University and Stetson University, USA.
Noel Brehony CMG is Honorary Vice President and former Chair of the British Yemeni Society. He is former President of the British Society for Middle East Studies and former Chair of the Council for British Research in the Levant.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- Part I. Global Dynamics.- 2. The Role of the United Nations in the Yemen Crisis.- 3. The British Role in the Yemen Crisis.- 4. America's Role in the Yemen Crisis.- 5. The European Union's Role in the Yemen Crisis.- 6. The Russian Role in the Yemen Crisis.- 7. The Chinese Perspective on the Yemen Crisis.- Part II. Regional Dynamics.- 8. Saudi Arabia's Role in the Yemen Crisis.- 9. The UAE's Role in the Yemen Crisis.- 10. Iran's Role in the Yemen Crisis.- 11. Omani and Qatari Roles in the Yemen Crisis.- 12. Turkey and Egypt in the Yemen Crisis.- 13. The Horn of Africa and the Yemen Crisis.- Part III. Local Dynamics.- 14. The Role of Legitimacy, Hadi and the Islah Party.- 15. The Role of Coup Forces, Saleh, and the Houthis.- 16. The Role of Hirak and Southern Transitional Council.- 17. The Role of Muslim Brothers, Salafis, and Jihadis.- Part IV. Conclusion.- 18. Conclusion.