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Understanding the root causes of the conflict in Yemen

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  • Hani Albasoos

    (Department of political science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman)

  • Buthaina Al Hinai

    (Department of political science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman)

Abstract

Following the Arab Spring in 2011, Yemen’s devastating conflicts have deepened even further, leading the country to be the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Despite the international community's multiple attempts to resolve this conflict, the conflict seems to have reached a stalemate. To make matters worse, resolving the conflict is made difficult by the large number of parties involved, internally and externally, and by the complex, dual and fluid nature of the relationships they share. Although the media and international community's focus is directed towards the binary conflict between the Hadi government and Saudi Arabia on one side and Iran and the Houthis on the other, the conflict is greatly multifaceted and far from being binary. This paper critically analyzes and explores other participating actors to comprehend the root causes of the conflict entirely. Although this conflict has been advertised as a proxy war, while others trace back the motivation to sectarianism, this paper argues how this analysis can be misleading and hindering the peace process.

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  • Hani Albasoos & Buthaina Al Hinai, 2020. "Understanding the root causes of the conflict in Yemen," Bussecon Review of Social Sciences (2687-2285), Bussecon International Academy, vol. 2(2), pages 14-20, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:adi:bsrsss:v:2:y:2020:i:2:p:14-20
    DOI: 10.36096/brss.v2i2.199
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    1. Asseburg, Muriel & Lacher, Wolfram & Transfeld, Mareike, 2018. "Mission impossible? UN mediation in Libya, Syria and Yemen," SWP Research Papers 8/2018, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), German Institute for International and Security Affairs.
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    1. Amira Ahmed Elsayed Abdelkhalek, 2022. "The Role of Gulf Cooperation Council in Conflict Management, 1981–2019: A Comparative Study," Contemporary Review of the Middle East, , vol. 9(1), pages 99-115, March.
    2. Moosa Elayah & Hasan Al‐Awami & Wjdan Almatari & Khaldoun AbouAssi, 2024. "NGOs' least‐played role: Bridging between a divided public administration: The case of Yemen," Public Administration & Development, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 44(2), pages 91-104, May.

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