1: The Arabian Peninsula, 1958–85
The Gulf between Two Revolutions, 1958–79
2: Cold War and Unification in Two Yemens
Catastrophe in South Yemen: A Preliminary Assessment
A Tale of Two Families: Change in North Yemen, 1977–89
Sheila Carapico and Cynthia Myntti
The Economic Dimension of Yemeni Unity
3: Yemen After Unification: Elections and Civil War
Yemen: Unification and the Gulf War
Yemeni Workers Come Home: Reabsorbing One Million Migrants
From Ballot Box to Battlefield: The War of the Two ‘Alis
4: Modern Political Islam in the Arabian Peninsula
Islam and the Theology of Power: Wahhabism and Salafism
A Clash of Fundamentalisms: Wahhabism in Yemen
Yemen and the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army
Understanding Political Dissent in Saudi Arabia
Local Conflict, Global Spin: An Uprising in the Yemeni Highlands
The Iraq Effect in Saudi Arabia
The Shi’a of Saudi Arabia at a Crossroads
Saudi Alchemy: Water into Oil, Oil into Water
Water Conflict and Cooperation in Yemen
6: The Roots and Course of the 2011 Uprisings
Foreboding about the Future in Yemen
The Snake with a Thousand Heads: The Southern Cause in Yemen
No Pink Slip for Salih: What Yemen’s Protests Do (and Do Not) Mean
No Exit: Yemen’s Existential Crisis
Tawakkul Karman as Cause and Effect
Looking for Revolution in Kuwait
Collective Frustration, but No Collective Action, in Qatar
Demonstrators, Dialogues, Drones and Dialectics
Investigating the Cole Bombing
Stuck (or Not) in a “Special Relationship”
What About ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Awlaqi?
Obama’s Firing Range in Arabia
Explosions and Ill Omens: On the Stage at World Theater Day in Yemen
Southern Yemeni Activists Prepare for Nationwide Rally
Chanting for Southern Independence
A Poor People’s Revolution: The Southern Movement Heads toward Independence from Yemen
Yemen’s (Super-)Imposed Federal Boundaries
The Breakdown of the GCC Initiative
Stacey Philbrick Yadav and Sheila Carapico
9: Saudi-Led, American-Backed Military Intervention, 2015
Operation Decisive Storm and the Expanding Counterrevolution
A Grim New Phase in Yemen’s Migration History
Two Resolutions, a Draft Constitution (and Late Developments)
The Moral Economy of Distance in the Yemeni Crisis
Jillian Schwedler and Stacey Philbrick Yadav
Susanne Dahlgren and Anne-Linda Amira Augustin
The GCC Needs a Successful Strategy for Yemen, Not Failed Tactics
Map 1: States, Capital Cities, and Borders in the Arabian Peninsula (2015)
Map 2: The Yemen Arab Republic and the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (1970–90)
Map 5: Proposed Federal Boundaries (2014)
Table
Table 1: Gross Domestic Product Per Capita of Arabian Peninsula Countries
Political Cartoons by Samer Mohammed Al-Shameeri
1. Saudi royalty suppressing Yemeni cries for justice.
2. North and South Yemen coming apart at the seams.
3. Gulf monarchs playing tiddlywinks with a bomb labeled “Yemen.”
4. United States and Saudi Arabia at poker game seem to have discarded Hadi.
5. UN Special Mediator Jamal Ben Omar paving Yemen’s road off a cliff.
6. Houthi forces march into the South Yemeni quick sands.
7. Houthi speaking “in the name of the people.”
8. “Legitimacy”: Saudi Arabia holding up ‘Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi amidst the ruins of his country.
9. Members of the anti-Yemen Decisive Storm Coalition standing in line for the Saudi cash machine.
10. UN Security Council Resolution 2216, passed April 14, 2015, blocks first aid to Yemeni victims.
11. Saudi Arabia attacking Iran but whacking Yemen.
12. King Salman distributing money to Yemeni politicians in and beyond the Hadi government.
13. Saudi warplane feeding Yemen to al-Qa`ida terrorism.
14. Saudi commander instructing fighter pilot to target civilian homes.