Explaining the Yemeni Geopolitical Crisis: Factors and Actors

Document Type : Research Paper

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Faculty member of Shahed University

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Yemen is now one of the critical centers of activity in Western Asia, and has launched many actors at the local, regional and transnational levels with a view to achieving the desired conclusion during the developments. An important issue regarding the developments in Yemen is the question of the roots of the emergence and continuation of this crisis and the main strategies and main reasons for the intervention of various actors. The present research seeks to answer this question from a critical geopolitical point of view, what are the main causes of the intervention of regional and transnational activists in the Yemeni crisis? The research hypothesis is that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have looked at the strategic areas of Yemen such as Iran, the United States, China, and Israel, have acted in the wake of the importance of the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb, the Gulf of Aden and other strategic Yemeni ports. Research findings suggest that the Yemeni crisis is more than the result of an ideological disagreement between the Houthis and SUnited States indirectly aim to dominate the strategic sectors of Yemen, reduce their dependence on the Strait of Hormuz, control the Strait, control the ports of Aden, Mukalla, Mocha, Al Hudaydah and Mion Island, Socotra, Zuqar and Hanish. On the other hand, stakeholders such as Iran and China have taken the strategy of undermining the goals of the invading countries. The research is descriptive and analytical, and the data collection method is also a library document.

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