The conflicts in Yemen and U.S. national security / (Record no. 75958)

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008 - GENERAL INFORMATION
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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
520 ## - SUMMARY
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
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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
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        SIPRI Library and Documentation SIPRI Library and Documentation 2011-03-28   (5-011) Terrill G11/454 2011-03-28 monograph