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    TERRORISM IN YEMEN: CHALLENGES AND UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY

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    Ben Gabr, Yasmine
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    Palarino, R. Nicholas
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    TERRORISM IN YEMEN: CHALLENGES AND UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY
     
    Yasmine A. Ben Gabr, B.A.
     
    Mentor: Professor R. Nicholas Palarino, Ph.D.
     
    ABSTRACT
     
    While the legacy of the Arab Spring is still not definitely determined, one thing that can be said with near certainty is that it has further destabilized the Middle East, including Yemen. Many U.S. administration officials have declared that the Yemeni-based terrorist organization AQAP (Al Qaeda in the Arab Peninsula) is the most lethal of the Al Qaeda affiliates to U.S. security and interests. In recent years, the U.S. administration has supported an increased U.S. commitment of resources to "counterterrorism" efforts in the country, including both covert and overt actions. The U.S. has increased its use of drone strikes but has not balanced the scale by focusing sufficient efforts on building the economic or social foundation, or on winning the support of the populace.
     
    Today, the country has to contend with major issues such as tribal unrest, tensions between the north and south, a disintegrating economy, widespread unemployment, rampant corruption, and rapid resource depletion, particularly with regard to oil and clean water, which have posed tremendous security challenges to the current administration. A policy centered on counterterrorism to the exclusion of Yemen's other problems may eventually prove counterproductive.
     
    Yemeni citizens should be informed and included in development projects, in consideration of the fact that the country is not a proxy battleground and that our long-term commitment to its stability, development, and legitimacy matches our more immediate and urgent commitment to the defeat of AQAP. Our strategy must not be to create new problems by eliminating old ones. A tarnished American image will only augment the cause of hostile groups in the long term.
     
    A sustainable, workable, and long-term solution in Yemen entails reversing Washington's policy of fighting terrorism with air raids, killings, and covert operations. Rather, grassroots and economic strategies may pave the way for a brighter future for Yemen and lead to the repression of terrorist activities and protection of U.S. interests in that region. The extent to which the situation in Yemen continues to deteriorate has yet to be seen and is in some ways contingent on U.S. efforts in the country.
     
    Description
    M.A.L.S.
    Permanent Link
    http://hdl.handle.net/10822/558552
    Date Published
    2013
    Subject
    Counterterrorism; Drone; Foreign Policy; Terrorism; Yemen; Public policy; International relations; Middle East; Research; Public policy; International relations; Middle Eastern studies;
    Type
    thesis
    Embargo Lift Date
    9999
    Publisher
    Georgetown University
    Extent
    93 leaves
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      Semiannual Report of the Attorney General Under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, as Amended by Section 6002 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (collection of semiannual reports covering January 1, 2005 through June 30, 2013) 

      United States. Department of Justice. Office of the Attorney General (2013)
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