POLI 340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Arabian Peninsula, Yemen Arab Republic, Ali Abdullah Saleh
15 May 2016
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States of the arabian peninsula, oil rich states, yemen (all very different). Yemen is really different from the gcc states. Gcc states have oil and hydrocarbons and etc. We wont talk about much about oman and kuwait. Basic data you can see one country that freedom has rates as partly free which is kuwait. Saudi arabia is one of the lower ones. Qatar most extreme case most of its population is foreign workers. Hdi is very much higher for gulf states. Yemen: state formation, regime dynamics, protests and transition. Yemen approximately 95% arab over 50% sunni muslims, 40-50% zaydi shiite muslims regional and tribal differences extremely important. And tribal affiliations are important part of political life. Yemen: state formation yemen used to be 2 countries. North yemen variously under control of zaydi imamate (9th-20th century), Kingdom of (north) yemen (1918-1962) military coup(1962) and civil war (1962-70), leads to yemen arab republic (yar) coup by republicans and nasser supported them.
