The conflicts in Yemen and U.S. national security / (Record no. 75958)
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020 ## - ISBN | |
ISBN | 9781584874744 |
020 ## - ISBN | |
ISBN | 1584874740 |
040 ## - CATALOGUING LIBRARY | |
Original cataloging library | AWC |
Modifying library | IXA |
-- | Sipr |
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
Language code | eng |
100 1# - AUTHOR | |
Personal name | Terrill, W. Andrew. |
245 14 - TITLE | |
Title | The conflicts in Yemen and U.S. national security / |
Author, etc | W. Andrew Terrill. |
246 3# - ALTERNATIVE TITLE | |
Title | Conflicts in Yemen and US national security |
246 3# - ALTERNATIVE TITLE | |
Title | Conflicts in Yemen and United States national security |
260 ## - PUBLICATION DATA | |
Place of publication | Carlisle, PA : |
Publisher | Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, |
Year | 2011 |
300 ## - PAGES ETC | |
Pages | xi, 104 p. ; |
Dimensions | 23 cm. |
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
General note | "January 2011." |
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
About the authors | Includes bibliographical references (p. 84-104). |
505 0# - CONTENTS | |
Contents | Summary -- The conflicts in Yemen and U.S. national security -- Introduction -- The Yemeni political system in crisis -- Yemen's security concerns with the Houthi rebellion and the Southern secessionists -- The Houthi rebellion -- The Southern movement -- Yemeni regional politics and the relationship with Saudi Arabia -- The origins and development of the Al-Qaeda presence in Yemen -- The intensification and expansion of the Al-Qaeda threat in Yemen -- U.S. interests and policies involving Yemen -- Conclusion and recommendations |
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Summary, etc | Yemen is not currently a failed state, but it is experiencing huge political and economic problems that can have a direct impact on U.S. interests in the region. It has a rapidly expanding population with a resource base that is limited and already leaves much of the current population in poverty. The government obtains around a third of its budget revenue from sales of its limited and declining oil stocks, which most economists state will be exhausted by 2017. Yemen also has critical water shortages and a variety of interrelated security problems. In Saʹada province in Yemen's northern mountainous region, there has been an intermittent rebellion by Houthi tribesmen (now experiencing a cease-fire) who accuse the government of discrimination and other actions against their Zaydi Shi'ite religious sect. In southern Yemen, a powerful independence movement has developed which is mostly nonviolent but is increasingly angry and confrontational. More recently, Yemen has emerged as one of the most important theaters for the struggle against al-Qaeda. Yemen is among the worst places on earth to cede to al-Qaeda in this struggle, but it is also an especially distrustful and wary nation in its relationship with Western nations and particularly the United States. All of these problems are difficult to address because the central government has only limited capacity to extend its influence into tribal areas beyond the capital and major cities. The United States must therefore do what it can to support peaceful resolutions of Yemen's problems with the Houthis and Southern Movement while continuing to assist the government's struggle against al-Qaeda forces in Yemen. It must further pursue these policies in ways that avoid provoking a backlash among the Yemeni population which will not tolerate significant numbers of U.S. combat troops in Yemen. |
650 #7 - KEYWORD | |
Keyword | national security |
Subdivision | terrorism |
-- | insurgency |
Geographic subdivision | Yemen |
651 #7 - KEYWORD/GEOGRAPHIC | |
Geographic keyword | USA |
Subdivision | foreign policy |
-- | Yemen |
710 2# - ADDED INSTITUTION | |
Institution | US Army War College. |
Subordinate unit | Strategic Studies Institute, SSI |
852 ## - LOCATION | |
Classification part | (5-011) Terrill |
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Public note | CLICK HERE TO VIEW : |
URI | http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB1040.pdf |
942 ## - ITEM TYPE (KOHA) | |
Koha item type | monograph |
Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Acquisition no. | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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SIPRI Library and Documentation | SIPRI Library and Documentation | 2011-03-28 | (5-011) Terrill | G11/454 | 2011-03-28 | monograph |