Notes / Sécurité humaine
15 octobre 2015
24-Month Yemen Scenario Analysis: No Easy Solutions
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IRIS
Yemen only recently became a single state, in May 1990 when the Marxist South Yemen and the North, under the rule of Ali Abdallah Saleh, came together during a short-lived rapprochement. Unification triggered a fierce and bloody contest for power that has continued until today—acted on numerous stages: tribal, religious, economic and regional. The current war is the result of longheld grievances disregarded by undemocratic governments and utilized by regional powers competing for influence.