http://armiesofliberation.com/archives/2009/05/12/us-pushing-for-dialog-and-power-sharing/ Jane Novak's blog about Yemen Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:51:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://armiesofliberation.com/archives/2009/05/12/us-pushing-for-dialog-and-power-sharing/comment-page-1/#comment-1410704 Jane Novak Tue, 12 May 2009 21:15:04 +0000 http://armiesofliberation.com/?p=10023#comment-1410704 Yemen is on a fast road to disaster under Saleh's centralized autocracy as it is. I'm not quite sure which of the many potential outcomes is most concerning, but a take over by the Islamists, if thats what you are referring to, is not in my opinion is the most likely result, as most of the momentum and support for the jihadist ideology comes from the regime itself and of course Saudi Arabia. Yemen is rather pluralistic ideologically and religiously, and an authentic expression of popular will wouldn't result in a voluntary Talabanization. The one thing they agree on for the most part is democracy, and the frustration comes from the denial of what has been promised and people have come to expect as their rights. Saleh has used the democratic verbiage to legitimize his rule and that set of principles has been internalized since 1990. Yemen has a cross cutting fragmentation that works against a national Yemeni identity, but that also is a safeguard. The fundamentalists take-over of Ja'ar was not welcomed by any means. So if power is more diffuse, hopefully, the fragmentation it will be a natural check on extremism. Yemen is on a fast road to disaster under Saleh’s centralized autocracy as it is. I’m not quite sure which of the many potential outcomes is most concerning, but a take over by the Islamists, if thats what you are referring to, is not in my opinion is the most likely result, as most of the momentum and support for the jihadist ideology comes from the regime itself and of course Saudi Arabia. Yemen is rather pluralistic ideologically and religiously, and an authentic expression of popular will wouldn’t result in a voluntary Talabanization. The one thing they agree on for the most part is democracy, and the frustration comes from the denial of what has been promised and people have come to expect as their rights. Saleh has used the democratic verbiage to legitimize his rule and that set of principles has been internalized since 1990. Yemen has a cross cutting fragmentation that works against a national Yemeni identity, but that also is a safeguard. The fundamentalists take-over of Ja’ar was not welcomed by any means. So if power is more diffuse, hopefully, the fragmentation it will be a natural check on extremism.

]]> http://armiesofliberation.com/archives/2009/05/12/us-pushing-for-dialog-and-power-sharing/comment-page-1/#comment-1410702 davod Tue, 12 May 2009 20:35:39 +0000 http://armiesofliberation.com/?p=10023#comment-1410702 I am not sure that power sharing will end well. I am not sure that power sharing will end well.

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