Yemen as a Failed State

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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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