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Conflicts around the Arabian Peninsula are well known around the world, and Yemen has recently faced many problems because of the government's transition. In February, they just free themselves from a 33 year dictatorship of Ali Abdullah Saleh. The vice-president Abed Rabbu Mansour Hadi took his place.
In his report Ibrahim Sharquieh, former
New York Times reporter, talks about how people felt about this event, and how
government is dealing with it. It mainly mentions that Yemen's population feels
nervous about the ex-dictator controlling General's People's Congress Party;
arguing that he could carry out any plans he has in mind, since the terms of
immunity permit Saleh to take any charge in politics, except the presidency.
"Young revolutionaries fear their uprising has not yet achieved its
goals" Sharquieh says. Mansour Hadi has managed to make some changes in
Yemen, and even though this nation has received support from the international
community, this will be not enough if they don't get sufficiently strong backup
to overcome this conflict.
Answering the question about which power capabilities
were used as leverage in this episode, we can mention population's patriotism
and support for government as one of them. This for the reason that they asked
and fought for a fair government; allowing the authorities to recover the
power, and force Saleh to leave its charge. Another capability that is being
used to fix the general nation's conflicts is the reciprocity faculty. We can
see this when the actual president offers peace and stability to people, in exchange
of support. Also Hadi is fighting against Al Qaeda trying to prove his sincerity
about this delicate topic. He is doing
this to gain some credibility, another power capability. Yemen also has “allies
capability” since it is receiving help from the international community.
Finally Yemen’s bureaucracy has enabled them to control Ali Abdullah, and also
getting international attention.
In conclusion, behind this situation many power
capabilities are implied; and in these situations where we can understand and
apply what we read in real life conflicts. Many times when studying any topic,
we don’t get the opportunity to see a current example of it, power is the
exception. It is a topic that is everywhere around us, and that we must
understand in order to comprehend nation’s decisions.
References:
Sharquieh, I. (2012, June 1). Yemen Can't Do It Alone. New York Times. Retrieved June 7, 2012, from http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/02/opinion/yemen-cant-do-it-alone.html?_r=1&ref=yemen
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