Saudi Interventions in Yemen

This book explains the Saudi decision to launch a direct military intervention in Yemen in 2015 by comparing it with the monarchy's response to Egyptian intervention into Yemen in 1962.

Auteur

Caroline F. Tynan is currently an ACLS/Mellon postdoctoral research fellow at the Committee to Protect Journalists in New York, where she works to identify long-term trends in legal, discursive, and physical threats to journalists around the world. Her research interests include the dynamics of authoritarianism, regime transitions, and foreign policy, with particular focus on the politics of the MENA region.

Contenu

1. Introduction and theoretical overview

2. Saudi resilience in the face of Nasserism: strengthening ideology, developing dynasticism

3. Saudi response to Nasserism: indirect aggression balanced with ideology and foreign support

4. From co-optation to aggressive legitimation: the evolution of Saudi regime survival strategies since 2011

5. Constructing legitimacy through external threat: the 2015 intervention in Yemen

6. Conclusion

Bibliography

Appendix A: Interviews

Appendix B: Twitter data