Yemen as a Failed State.
Introduction
For a long period Yemen was considered as a fragile state, but as the time passes it is often being labeled as a failing state. Lack of government institutions to obtain their duties, such as providing basic public services, protecting the borders and providing security for its people are just some of the indicators that no doubt only bringing state to its failure. Yemen to be called as failing state is common and almost everybody would agree, except very few, who consider “Failing State” as a term which was adopted by the US as a tool for intervention into foreign countries. It doesn’t really matter to which extent one can agree on this term, but important is what is really happening inside Yemen. The purpose of the following paper is to bring together in one place major problems and concerns, which State of Yemen and its population facing and main threats to the government. By reading this paper the reader should decide himself, to which extend he agrees or disagrees about the “Failing State” term to be US adopted tool. One has to bear in mind, that no wonder what political concerns other countries have in mind towards Yemen, all it matters in the end of the day is what the local population is going through.
What is Failed State?
According to the Fund for Peace, the state that lost a physical control of its territory or monopoly on the legitimate use of force, has erosion of legitimate authority in order to make collective decisions and inability to provide basic public services can be called a Failed State.
Failed State Index is the most popular way of indicating to which extend the states are strong, weak or failing. The Failed State Index was established by the Fund for Peace and “...
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...le this time, but if it will keep being reluctant as it is now, no one can guarantee that this will not happen again and AQAP will not return.
Threat in Yemen does not only spread on its own territories, but goes beyond it. In case of instability it can posses threat not only to bordering countries, such as Saudi Arabia, but also to GCC countries. Bearing that in mind the stronger and more stabilized states, in particular GCC states, should put an effort and step into the Yemeni conflict in order to calm down the parties and seek the peaceful roadmap for resurrection of the state. This is a reality, you cannot label it as “Failed State” and leave it as it is for the further destruction. One cannot compare it to the football game, where you give a red card to the player and push him out of the game. In the case of Yemen “Failed State” label becomes a “Red Card”.
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They must observe the political plans of the various states through the styles by which they execute these plans and the political manoeuvres they undertake, in order to adopt the practical style to establish their state and carry their Da'wah to the world. Therefore, it is imperative for them to acquaint themselves thoroughly with the international situation and the details related to the international situation, and recognise the stance of the states of the world which have a telling effect in the general international situation. If we were to review the international situation in the wake of the First World War, we would deduce that... ... middle of paper ... ... n if this led to occupation by force.
... failures of these nations as well as their responsibility to affect resolution of this conflict by adopting smarter policy.
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States not only to achieve financial prosperity, but to get out of the chaotic environment that
According to realist view ordering principle of the international system is based on anarchy. There is no higher authority other than the states themselves to check and balance their actions. Consequently, nation-states are the main players in this system. In other words, sovereignty inheres in states, because there is not a higher ruling body in the international system. This is known as state centrism. Survival is an obligation continuing to be sovereign. On the other hand, sovereignty is the characteristic feature of states and its meaning is strongly tied to use of force. According to the most of the realist variants, states are “black boxes”; the determinative factor is states’ observable behavior, not their leaders’ characteristics, their decision making processes or their government systems.
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authoritarian state, which later failed into developing to either a strong authoritarian or a strong