1st Edition

Saudi Interventions in Yemen A Historical Comparison of Ontological Insecurity

By Caroline F. Tynan Copyright 2020
164 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

164 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

164 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book explains the Saudi decision to launch a direct military intervention in Yemen in 2015 by comparing it with the monarchy’s response to Egyptian intervention into Yemen in 1962. It does so through the lens of domestic politics by tracing the monarchy’s response to the opposition in both time periods, and how this was informed by the different regional contexts of the 1960s and the 2011... Read more

1. Introduction and theoretical overview

2. Saudi resilience in the face of Nasserism: strengthening ideology, developing dynasticism 

3. Saudi response to Nasserism: indirect aggression balanced with ideology and foreign support 

4. From co-optation to aggressive legitimation: the evolution of Saudi regime survival strategies since 2011 

5. Constructing legitimacy through external threat: the 2015 intervention in Yemen

6. Conclusion 

Bibliography 

Appendix A: Interviews

Appendix B: Twitter data

Biography

Caroline F. Tynan is currently an ACLS/Mellon postdoctoral research fellow at the Committee to Protect Journalists in New York, where she works to identify long-term trends in legal, discursive, and physical threats to journalists around the world. Her research interests include the dynamics of authoritarianism, regime transitions, and foreign policy, with particular focus on the politics of the MENA region.