Yemen
The seemingly neutral category of “failed states,” as applied to Yemen, constructs the country as a place in need of intervention. In obscuring more than it reveals about local realities, outside interference runs the risk of being counterproductive.
10 February 2010
Yemen’s problems are endemic and deeply rooted in the nature of society and its complex power relations. Ahmed Saif argues that state-building and rule of law is the only way to combat terrorism and prevent failure of the state.
20 January 2010
Calls for increased Western military support to Yemen to prevent the spread of terrorism are alarming. The cause of Yemen’s political crisis is not the rise of al-Qaeda, but a gradual erosion of state authority. Kjetil Selvik warns that propping up President Saleh’s repressive regime could deepen the country’s crisis.
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