Unpacking Terrorism, Revolution and Insurgency in Yemen: Real and Imagined Threats to Regional Security
Recent months have seen a seeming escalation in the international threat posed by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), a terrorist network that has taken Yemen as its regional base of operations. In light of recent attacks, and resulting embassy closures, Yemen is a rising priority in the Western-led War on Terror. However, this has resulted in a side-lining of other security threats in Yemen, which may cause serious challenges to the authority of the Yemeni Government. In reality, the role of AQAP has been heavily manipulated throughout Yemen’s contemporary history: this was most evident during the 2011 Arab Spring, when both sides in the conflict claimed that Al Qaeda operatives were working with members of the other. Two years later, the true nature of the AQAP threat in Yemen is rarely questioned by external observers, yet remains largely shrouded in mystery. There is a need for more critical approaches to the AQAP challenges, which take the broader context of Yemeni security into account.
Saudi-Arabien: Identität in Abgrenzung zur Schia? Der saudisch-sunnitische Sicherheitsdiskurs und die Konzeption eines schiitischen Feindbildes am Beispiel des Huthi-Konflikts
ZusammenfassungGewalt im Nahen Osten ist immer stärker Produkt eines konstruierten, schiitisch-sunnitischen Konflikts, der entscheidend den Möglichkeitsraum saudischer Außenpolitik definiert. Anhand der Präsentation des Huthi-Konflikts in saudischen Medien lässt sich untersuchen, wie der Konflikt als konfessionell motiviert präsentiert wird. So lässt sich feststellen, inwiefern Konfession immer stärker die Wahrnehmungs- und Erklärungsstrukturen im saudischen Identitätsdiskurs prägt und inwiefern eine bewusste Instrumentalisierung von Konfession als Erklärungskategorie vorliegt.AbstractViolence in the Middle East increasingly stems from a constructed Sunni-Shia conflict, which decisively makes up the possibilities of formulating Saudi foreign policies. Based on the Houthi Rebellion´s presentation in the Saudi Media it is possible to investigate to what extent the conflict is perceived and presented as the product of a wider confessional conflict between Shiites and Sunnis. Accordingly it is possible to assess to what extent confession shapes explanatory and perceptional patterns within the Saudi identity discourse, and how confession is being instrumentalized.
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