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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
Preparing Yemen for Better Economic Integration into GCC
Auther:Ahmed Farouk Ghoneim || Date:September, 2006Yemen’s interest in joining the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) dates back to the 1980s, however several political obstacles have hindered Yemen’s accession to GCC. Lately, a number of political signals on both Yemen and GCC sides has revived the interest of Yemen’s joining the GCC as a full member. This study aims at evaluating the process of Yemen’s accession to GCC and identifying the major reforms that need to be undertaken while pointing out the responsibility of different stakeholders (including the Government of Yemen (GoY), the GCC member states, and the international donors). Moreover, the study, building on other regional trade agreements’ experiences provides suggested criteria for the accession process that can be used by the GCC member states and GoY to prepare Yemen for its full membership in the GCC.
Nationalism in the Gulf States
Auther: || Date:The relatively new states of the Arabian Gulf do not have a ‘nationalist’ history as understood elsewhere in the Middle East. Not born out of a struggle for national self-determination, nor, for much of the modern state era, seeking territorial aggrandizement, Gulf Arab leaders have tended to use tribal and religious identities to reinforce their domestic legitimacy. However, these other identities weaken national coherence. In the current context of internal disquiet about foreign population numbers, Iran’s rising regional prominence, and sectarian sensitivities within some GCC states, national identity is increasingly being employed as a state-building tool. However, steps to boost national identity do not necessarily create coherent national communities. As the state-led invention of national tradition is stepped up, usually without reference to disparate and sometimes disputatious groups, inclusion is not being felt across the national communities. While progress has arguably been made in some GCC states in at least addressing the limitations to national coherence, nationalism in the Gulf remains a highly contested notion, liable to promote as much as conceal national division.
Turkey’s Middle East Policies Between Neo-Ottomanism and Kemalism
Auther: || Date:Omr Tshbinar explains the nature of the conflicted motivation behind new Turkish vitality in middle east which they are: " The New Othmani" which emphasis on involving and exploring powers, depending on the past of Islamic, Imperialism, and multiple cultures Turkey , and "Perfection" which aims to rooting out the supposed threat of Kurdi 's nation and to protect the identity secularism and nation of Turkey. He teaches the effect of Turkey recent political development Specially the returning appearance of kurdi challenge, on the Turkish's foreign policy, As he explores the relationship between middle east and western, including the its close relationship with Iran and Syria.
On the Knife’s Edge:Yemen’s Instability and the Threat to American Interests
Auther:Andrew M. Exum - Richard Fontaine || Date:Yemen's current situation worries America and threatens its interests in the Middle East. And Yemen's alarming economic conditions of water and oil depletion, and population growth, renders Yemen's environment conducive for the growth of terrorism, and al-Qaeda in particular. The author advices that American assumes a bigger role than it had regarding Yemen, particularly increasing assistance for the Yemeni government in development projects, rehabilitation of Yemeni army, and combating corruption.
The Greater Middle East and Its Strategic Profile
Auther:Stephen Blank || Date:This paper examines what the author calls a "Revolution in Strategic Affairs" (RSA) that is being witnessed in the Middle East, particularly after the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The author explains four dimensions of this RSA: 1) Re-conceptualization of strategic space; 2) Coalition support; 3) Transformation of American forces; and 4) Conflation for strategic purposes.
Iran's Foreign Policy in Post-Revolution Era: A Holistic Approach
Auther:M. R. DEHSHIRI - M.R. MAJIDIII || Date:In an approach of incorporation of existing models, this article seeks to explain the trends in the evolution of the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran over the past 30 years. To this end, it puts forward its perspectives with a view to the sustainability of principles and theoretical bases of Iranian foreign policy, and the variability of regional and international circumstances. It also tries to clarify how the past years experience of Iran’s foreign policy can now help shape an independent course in international relations and develop an order without the domination of imperialist powers, which will promote national pride and independence among developing countries.
