Abdulmutallab, Umar Farouk
Abeeda tribe
Abyan (governorate)
Aden (city)
Afghanistan
anti-Soviet jihad in
counterterrorism and
lawlessness in
terrorism in
tribalism in
U.S. war against
Agriculture
al-Ahmar, Abdullah Hussayn
al-Ahmar, Ali Mohsin
al-Aidroos
Amir Salem
al Ayyam (newspaper)
al-Farhan tribe
al-Haqq party
al-Haraka al-Salmiyya lil-Junub (Peace Movement of the South)
al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
a-wala’ wal-bara’ tenet
analysis of
assessment of threat from
attraction to
counterradicalization efforts aimed at
demographics of
developmental approach to
diagnostic framework of
difficulty in subverting existing states
economic factors in attraction to
evolution of
exaggeration of threat from
failing state, contribution to
foreign fighters and
generally
governorates, support for in
hard power approach to, limitations of
human rights and
ideology, unpopularity of
law enforcement response to
media of
military response to
political shortcomings of regime strengthening
prognostic framework of
recommendations re
regional approach to
resurgence of
Saada insurrection and
safe haven in Yemen for
Saleh, on
Saudi Arabia and
southern secessionist movement and
state building and
Sunni Islam and
timeline of
transcending tribal, regional and class
differences
tribalism, appeal to
understanding of
unemployment and
U.S. air strikes against
violence against civilians, unpopularity of
water depletion and
women and
Amran (city)
Amran (governorate)
al-Anisi, Ali Mohammed
AQAP. See al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
al-Arhabi, Abdulkarim
al-Attas, Haidar Abdallah
Autonomy. See Decentralization of power
al-Awjari, Sheikh Abdullah
Bab al-Mandab Strait
al-Badawi, Jamal
Bakil tribal confederation
Bani Hushaysh (city)
Baqim (district)
Bashraheel, Hisham
al-Beidh, Ali Salem
Believing Youth movement (Shabab al-Mumin)
bin Laden, Osama
Blair, Dennis
Bodine, Barbara
Border security
Boucek, Christopher
Brown, Gordon
Budgets in Yemen
Bush, George W.
Cease fire in Saada insurrection
Center for a New American Security
Central Bank of Yemen
Centralization of power
Central Organization for Control and Auditing
Central Security Force Counter-Terrorism Unit
Chatham House
Christmas Day bombing attempt
Cigar, Norman
Civil war in Yemen (1994)
Clients of tribes
Clinton, Hillary
Convergence of problems
Corruption
economics and
foreign aid hampered by
southern secessionist movement and
Counter-radicalization efforts aimed at AQAP
Counterterrorism
developmental approach to
failing states and
“whole of government” approach
Dahyan (city)
Day, Stephen
Decentralization of power
Defense Ministry
Demographics of Yemen
AQAP, demographics of
challenges of
education
generally
unemployment
Developmental approach to counterterrorism
Dhamar (city)
Displaced persons, Saada insurrection and
Document of Pledge and Accord
Doha Agreement
Domestic security
border security
challenges of
foreign aid for
jihadism and
piracy
Saada insurrection and (See also Saada insurrection)
southern secessionist movement and (See also Southern secessionist movement)
Drug smuggling
“The Echo of Epic Battles.” See Sada al-Malahim (al-Qaeda publication)
Economics
AQAP, economic factors in attraction to
challenges of
corruption and
failing states, economic factors
generally
inflation
mining
natural gas
oil, depletion of
post-oil economy, planning for
qat cultivation
recession, effects of
Saada insurrection and
shipping
tourism, promotion of
water, depletion of
Economist Intelligence Unit
Education
Education Ministry
Elbameh, Jaber
Elections in Yemen
European Union, advocacy of reform
al-Fadhli, Tariq
Failing states
barriers to reform
coordinated approach
counterterrorism and
danger of in Yemen
economic factors
general approach to
generally
military intervention in
Saada insurrection contributing to
Southern secessionist movement contributing to
stability, restoring
theory versus practice
Fatimah (daughter of Prophet)
Finance Ministry
Fishing
Foreign aid
corruption hampering
current aid
“Friends of Yemen”
holistic approach, need for
law enforcement, for
limitations of
regional approach, need for
security, for
Foreign fighters
Foreign Ministry
“Friends of Yemen”
General People’s Congress
Geography of Yemen
Germany, foreign aid from
Government policies
Decentralization of power
post-oil economy, planning for
water depletion and
Governorates (muhafazat). See also specific governorate
AQAP, support for in
decentralization of power and
generally
water depletion and
Guantanamo Bay
Gulf Cooperation Council
differences from other nations in
exclusion from
foreign aid from
possibility of membership in
Saada insurrection, on
threat to stability of
Hadi, Abdul-Rabo Mansour
Hadramaut (governorate)
Hajja (governorate)
Hamad, Emir (Qatar)
Hamaidan, Raqiya
Hamas, Saada insurrection and
Hamdan tribe
Hard power approach to counterterrorism, limitations of
al-Harithi, Abu Ali
Harris, Alistair
Hashid tribe
Health care
Hegghammer, Thomas
Hizbollah, Saada insurrection and
Hodeida (city)
Holistic approach to foreign aid, need for
al-Houthi, Abdul Karim
al-Houthi, Abdul Malik
al-Houthi, Badr al-Din
al-Houthi, Hussein Badr al-Din
al-Houthi, Mohammed Badr al-Din
al-Houthi, Yahya
Houthi rebellion. See Saada insurrection
Human rights
AQAP and
southern secessionist movement and
Hunger
Hussein, King (Jordan)
Ibb (city)
Ideology, unpopularity of
Imams (community leaders)
Independence of Yemen
Inflation
Intelligence and Security Ministry
Interior Ministry
International Monetary Fund
Iran
influence, fear of
Saada insurrection, involvement in
Iraq
“Awakening Councils”
Gulf War
jihadism, failure of
kidnappings in
Saada insurrection and
terrorism in
tribalism in
U.S. war against
Irrigation
al-Iryani, Abdul Rahman
Islah party
Islam. See specific branch
Islamic extremism. See Jihadism
Jane’s Intelligence Review
al-Jauhara (female opposition candidate in Sanaa)
Jawf (governorate)
Jews in Yemen
Jihadism
Johnsen, Gregory
al-Joufi, Abdulsalam
Kharef tribe
Kidnappings in Saada insurrection
Kuwait, Gulf War and
“Lackawanna Six”
Law enforcement. See also Domestic security
AQAP, response to
foreign aid for
Libya, Saada insurrection and
“Local Authority” legislation
Mahra (governorate)
Mahwit (governorate)
Majz (district)
Marib (governorate)
Marxism
Media of AQAP
Mining
al-Misk, Hamil
Mohammed (Prophet)
Mohammed bin Nayef, Prince (Saudi Arabia)
Mohsin, Ali
Mu’askar al-Battar (al-Qaeda publication)
Muhafazat. See Governorates (muhafazat)
Muhammed, Ali Nasser
Muhammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz
Prince (Saudi Arabia)
Mujahideen (anti-Soviet fighters in Afghanistan)
Mukalla (city)
al-Muqrin, Abdel Aziz Issa Abdul-Mohsin
MV Limburg (France)
Najar tribe
National Security Bureau
Natural gas
Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
Northern insurrection. See Saada insurrection
Nuba, Nasir Ali an-
Obama, Barack
Oil
concentration in south
depletion of
post-oil economy, planning for
Oil and Minerals Ministry
Oman, security assistance from
Operation Scorched Earth
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Ottaway, Marina
Ottoman rule in Yemen
Pakistan
counterterrorism and
foreign aid for
kidnappings in
terrorism in
tribalism in
Partners with tribes
Patronage
Patrons to tribes
Peace Movement of the South (al-Haraka al-Salmiyya lil-Junub)
Petraeus, David
Phillips, Sarah
Piracy
Planning and International Cooperation Ministry
Popular Army
Population growth in Yemen
Port of Singapore Authority
Poverty
Presidential Office
Prophet (Mohammed)
Public Forum for the Sons of the Southern and Eastern Provinces
Qaddafi, Muammar
Qatar, mediation of Saada insurrection
Qat cultivation
al-Qufaish, Ali
al-Raymi, Qassem
Recession, effects of
Regional approach to foreign aid, need for
Religious education
Religious Endowment and Islamic Affairs Ministry
Republican Guard
Resilience of Yemen
Reuters News Agency
Revolutionary Guards
al-Ruzami, Abdullah
Saada insurrection
AQAP and
cease fire in
displaced persons and
domestic security challenges
economics and
failing state, contribution to
generally
Hamas and
historical background
Hizbollah and
Iranian involvement in
Iraq and
kidnappings in
lack of reliable information re
Libyan involvement in
map of
military stalemate in
military strain from
Operation Scorched Earth
proxy war, as
Qatari mediation of
Saleh and
Saudi involvement in
southern secessionist movement and
terrorism, attempts to link to
threat to stability, as
tribalism and
unemployment and
Western inattention to
Sada al-Malahim (al-Qaeda publication)
Saada (governorate)
Safe haven for terrorists
Safra (district)
Sahar (district)
Salafi Sunni Islam
Saleh, Ahmed Ali Abdullah
Saleh, Ali Abdullah
AQAP on
generally
Saada insurrection and
southern secessionist movement and
Sanaa (city)
Sanaa (governorate)
Sanaa Institute
Saudi Arabia
AQAP and
counterterrorism and
foreign aid from
foreign policy of
religious education and
Saada insurrection, involvement in
Special Forces
threat to stability in
Yemeni workers in
Sawt al-Jihad (al-Qaeda publication)
Sayyids (descendants of Prophet)
School of Yusuf (Madrasat Yusif)
“Scientific institutes”
September 11 attacks
Shabab al-Mumin (Believing Youth movement)
Shabwa (governorate)
Shafi Sunni Islam
Shaker tribe
shari‘a (Islamic law)
al-Shihri, Saeed
Shi’i Islam. See also Zaidi Shi’I Islam
Shipping
al-Shishani, Murad Batal
Social Fund for Development
Social Welfare Fund
Somalia
AQAP and
jihadism, failure of
lawlessness in
piracy and
tribalism in
Southern secessionist movement
AQAP and
civilian casualties in
corruption and
decentralization and
domestic security challenges
failing state, contribution to
generally
historical background
human rights and
negotiation, need for
Peace Movement of the South (al-Haraka al-Salmiyya lil-Junub)
power sharing, need for
Public Forum for the Sons of the Southern and Eastern Provinces
recomendations re
reconciliation, need for
rise of
Saada insurrection and
Saleh and
terrorism and
threat to stability, as
tribalism and
U.S. air strikes against
State building
AQAP and
generally
Sufiyan tribe
Suicide attacks
Sultan, Crown Prince (Saudi Arabia)
Sunni Islam
AQAP and
revival of
Salafi Sunni Islam (See Salafi Sunni Islam)
Shafi Sunni Islam
Supreme National Authority for Combating Corruption
al-Suri, Abu Musab
Taiz (city)
Terrorism
AQAP (See al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP))
counterterrorism (See Counterterrorism)
foreign fighters
generally
jihadism and
Saada insurrection, attempts to link to
safe haven in Yemen for
southern secessionist movement and
timeline of attacks
Tourism
promotion of
violence against tourists
Tribalism. See also specific tribe
Afghanistan, in
AQAP appealing to
clients of tribes
ideology, unpopularity of
partners with tribes
patrons to tribe
Saada insurrection and
Somalia, in
southern secessionist movement and
violence against civilians, unpopularity of
Turkey, Ottoman rule in Yemen
Umma (community)
Unemployment
Unification of Yemen
Union of Popular Forces
United Arab Emirates, foreign aid from
United Kingdom
British rule in Yemen
failing states, general approach to
foreign aid from
International Development Department
United Nations
Development Programme
failing states, general approach to
Food and Agriculture Organization
reform, advocacy of
Security Council
World Food Programme
United States
Afghanistan, war against
Agency for International Development
AQAP, air strikes against
Central Command
Congressional Research Service
Energy Information Administration
extradition to
failing states, general approach to
foreign aid from
House Armed Services Committee
interests in Yemen
Iraq, war against
opposition to regime’s relationship with
security assistance from
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
southern secessionist movement, air strikes against
State Department
USS Cole
USS The Sullivans
al-Wahayshi, Nasser
Wars between North and South Yemen (1972, 1979)
Water, depletion of
Water and Environment Ministry
“Whole of government” approach
Women, AQAP and
World Bank
failing states, general approach to
foreign aid from
natural gas, on
oil depletion, on
qat cultivation, on
reform, advocacy of
Yemeni Socialist Party
Yemen Observer (newspaper)
Zaidi Shi’i Islam. See also Saada insurrection
al-Zawahiri, Ayman
al-Zaidi, Ghalib Abdullah
Zinjibar (city)