Identifying and explaining the main drivers affecting the Yemeni crisis

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Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law and Politics Studies, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.

Abstract

Yemen's internal developments have attracted the attention of observers, researchers, countries in the Middle East, and also extra-regional powers. This issue is also important from another perspective; after Saudi Arabia's attack on Yemen, this country has gained a pivotal role in the fight against one of the regional rivals of the Islamic Republic of Iran, namely Saudi Arabia. Due to its multidimensional dimensions, the Yemeni crisis has become one of the most important crises in the Middle East, which is increasing in complexity day by day and has put the regional order on the brink of behavior. Yemen is strategically of particular importance in the spread of the ideas of the Islamic Revolution in West Asia. Therefore, understanding the factors affecting the future of Yemen is very vital for the strategic planning of the Islamic Republic of Iran in this country. The present study was conducted to identify and explain the driving forces affecting the Yemeni crisis in the new conditions of the Iran-Saudi Arabia agreement. The research method in this article is a mixed method with an exploratory approach, and its statistical population purposefully includes 19 experts and scholars in the Yemeni field. Data collection was carried out using the library method and holding expert panels, using the brainstorming technique and questionnaire tool. The result was the extraction of 10 main driving forces, which were used to verify the validity of the driving forces using specific SPSS software tests, one-sample T-test, Kendall's coefficient of agreement, and Cronbach's alpha. Subsequently, using the futures research software Mikmak and applying the interaction matrix effect analysis, the most effective driving forces in the research area were identified, counted, and explained.

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Journal of Countries Studies
Volume 3, Issue 3
2025
Pages 613-644

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  • Receive Date: 16 January 2025
  • Revise Date: 03 February 2025
  • Accept Date: 11 February 2025

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