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Strategic Studies Program
The Program’s primary concern is to prepare and conduct studies and researches on security, defense and military issues and subject-matters in Yemen and the SCSS area of interest, to Yemen, the Red Sea littoral states and the Gulf States (GCC states, Iraq and Iran) as well as MENA. More importantly is the analysis of the policies of superpower countries towards the Region and the impact and potential consequences of such policies on Yemen and the Arab World. Such analysis/ses would be based on scientific approaches geared to contribute in obtaining a highly rational and reasonable assessment of such policies
Sub-categories:-
Military and Defense Studies Unit
Security and Terrorism Studies Unit
Unit for Studying Superpower Strategies
After the Qaida (a two-part study )
Auther: || Date:A two-part study released by Rand Foundation that is closely associated with the U.S. Ministry of Defense (PENTAGON). The first part analyzes in detail the "Global Jihad Movement", while the second part approaches what the study calls the "external circles of the terrorist world". The study was supervised by Angel Rabasa, one of Rand's top analysts and also the primary writer of the book. The study also looks into 4 main areas: Al-Qaida: The creed, strategy, tactic, funding, operations, changing of persons, possible future. Jihadist groups that adopted al-Qaida's world-view but that is not official part of al-Qaida. Islamic and non-Islamic Terrorist groups that have no known connections with al-Qaida and that threaten the interests of America, friends, and allies, such as Hamas, Hiz-bu-llah and others. The link between terrorism and organized crime, which includes the ways terrorists use criminal organizations in funding their activities. To view the text for Part One of the Study, click here. For Part Two, click the following link.
Combating terrorism in the Horn of Africa and Yemen
Auther: || Date:A study (released in 2005)about combating terrorism in the Horn of Africa and Yemen, prepared by the American researcher Deborah West from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University. To view the text in its original language, click here
Perspectives on Terrorism
Auther:Bronwyn E. Bruton || Date:March 2010Terrorism Research Initiative (March 2010) For researchers looking for an authoritative data source on terrorist attacks: The Worldwide Incidents Tracking System (WITS)* is the U.S. Government’s authoritative database on acts of terrorism, and is used to enumerate statistical data for the annual publications Country Reports on Terrorism (from the U.S. Department of State) and the NCTC Report on Terrorism. This article provides a brief tutorial on WITS and, by way of example, a cursory look at trends in terrorism lethality.
Yemen's Position in the War On Terror: From a American Perspective
Auther:Aish Awoas || Date:The author in this lengthy article discusses America's concerns over Yemen within the "War against Terror" framework and how Washington has dealt with Yemen over the past period. The author also briefly, yet adequately, presents the role Washington wishes Yemen to assume against so-called terrorism.
The Horn of Africa and Yemen - Diminishing the Threat of Terrorism
Auther:Robert I. Rotberg || Date:A study (released in 2005)about combating terrorism in the Horn of Africa and Yemen, prepared by the American researcher Deborah West from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University. To view the text in its original language, click here
The Annals of the American academy of Political and Social Science
Auther: || Date:By Daniel L. Byman and Kenneth M. Pollack This article argues that the problems facing Iraq could have tremendous consequences for the broader "war on terror", particularly if they return to or exceed levels seen at the height of the violence in 2006. It also attempts to demonstrate that if the United States withdraws from Iraq without leaving behind a stable Iraqi government, it should still maintain a regional military presence and help bolster other regimes in the Middle East from the threat of terrorism from Iraq.
Fear is the Key to Obedience
Auther: || Date:An article that examines the dynamics of fear and terrorism, looking at how governments perpetuate fear through the use of the media, the purpose of terrorism, racism as a tool to promote terrorism and suspend natural rights, and also looks at how terrorism is a tool for power and for grand theft of public money.
Preventing Terrorism in West Africa: Good Governance or Collective Security
Auther:Kehinde A. Bolaji || Date:2010This paper argues that terrorism poses enormous threats to the security, political stability, economic development and human security of the West African governments and people. It submits that the region is not presently a hub of terrorism but is a fertile ground for breeding terrorist networks through trans-national criminal networks, small arms proliferation, illegal natural resource transfer, human and drugs trafficking. It traces the root of precarious security in the region to poverty, underdevelopment, youth unemployment, bad governance and categorizes the types of terrorist groups in Africa, all of which are presently operating in the region. The paper examines the theoretical and practical justification and also the limit of good governance and collective security in the fight against terrorism. It posits that West Africa has robust governance mechanism for preventing security threat but a relatively underdeveloped security architecture for effectively tackling the menace. It submits that neither of these two approaches can work alone, in isolation of the other and articulates a framework for integrating good governance and collective security strategies in the region’s effort to prevent terrorism.
Female Suicide Bombers
Auther:Debra D. Zedalis || Date:2004This research paper reviews historical female suicide bombers, focuses on female suicide bomber characteristics, analyzes recent changes in application by various terrorist organizations, and provides implications of change within a strategic assessment of future female suicide bombings.
