The Roots and Consequences of the Crisis

After the first and second World Wars, the international centers of influence went through transformations and all the international powers seeking waterways and straits concentrated their attention on Yemen. At the time, the bipolar world had turned into an arena of gamesmanship and competition between two global superpowers of the Soviet Union and the United States of America. By the time the first government was formed in Yemen (late eighteenth century), the Saudi Arabia invaded this country. After the foundation of the third Saudi state by Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Yemen was invaded again by Saudi Arabia in the third decade of the twentieth century. The game which was primarily for controlling the fate of Yemeni nation and meeting the interests of first the Britain and second the United States of America continued. During the past decades, Saudi Arabia has been one of the main directors of the Yemen stage; so much that by the beginning of the movement known as Arab Spring, the Al Saud family came to believe that the fate of Yemeni nation is completely in their hands. This led to this thought that Yemen is subject to their control and jurisdiction and they can interfere with the affairs of this country. Proposing the project of Khalij, buying the leaders of Yemeni Reformation Party, financial support and selling weaponry are amonga few of these interferences. When Riyadh felt that they have lost the power to control Yemen, they planned for a direct invasion of this country. The main goal of this invasion –supported by the US and a coalition of some of the Arab countries- was to restore their dominance and take control of the fate of Yemenis.