... Threats and Resolution Scenarios” (will be posted on RIAC website on October 11–12) made by Sergey Serebrov, Senior Researcher at the Centre of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences. Saudi, Yemen, and Russian experts took a keen interest in the report. The speaker touched upon different levels of the issue including regional level. The experts discussed possible parameters for handling the situation and exact proposals that could be supported both ...
... unbalancing of regional security may entail an aggravation of current crises and an exacerbation of nascent tensions, pushing Russia and the U.S. towards big decisions as early as this year. As a matter of fact, both the Kremlin and the White House would ... ... and Saudi Arabia, its key regional members, are losing the incentives to fulfill their obligations.
To this end, Syria and Yemen appear most vulnerable. The Syrian settlement is dangerously moving off the rails of the Vienna process, as Iran and Saudi ...
... a deal with Tehran and refrains from overly strenuous efforts to oust Bashar Assad. The U.S. is also insisting on a truce in Yemen and a political settlement, while Riyadh expects support for their military operation against the Houthi in order to achieve ... ... diminish Iranian influence in the Peninsula.
The Saudis’ eagerness can hardly be called an attempt to find balance between Russia and the United States, since Riyadh’s steps are too situational and opportunistic.
In public, Washington invariably ...
... situation as really grave. Yemen is currently more than unsafe, with deserted buildings looted and diplomatic missions
attacked
, as was the case with the Russian consulate in Aden. The premises had already been seriously damaged by Saudi
air raids
.
The Russia-Yemen relationship is several decades long, and reached its peak during the Soviet period. Diplomatic relations between the USSR and the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen were established in 1955, and the two countries managed to develop a meaningful, although ...
... lost much ground to both Iran and Russia in terms of influence, diplomatic sway and military deterrence, something Neocons are less than happy about. Keen to defend America’s military standing in the world and create a buffer to both Iran and Russian’s ever expanding zone of influence, the Pentagon has been pushing for a stronger military footprint in the Arabian Peninsula, and more specifically Yemen, aware that the impoverished nation’s geo-strategic location could very well tip the balance of power in its favour.
Back in January 2012 Debkafile revealed that sources close to US President Barack Obama confirmed to Washington’s ...
