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- Title
Yemen Crisis and Pakistan A Holistic Overview.
- Authors
Iqbal, Khalid
- Abstract
Yemen crisis is the latest open-ended conflict in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region after Iraq, Libya and Syria. Ensuing fissures may threaten the security of the Arab world as a whole—regimes as well as the people. Saudi Arabia intervened first and sought justification to its action later; this has set a dangerous precedence in international politics. Pakistani parliament's avoidance of a Saudi request to join the military action in Yemen has laid to rest a common perception that Pakistan is a rental state. Crisis has also brought forth the reality that keeping a balance in its relations with Saudi Arabia and Iran is Pakistan's strategic necessity. Pakistan government's handling of crisis was inadequate; while Pakistan's military engagement was still jockeying between emotionalism and pragmatism, the portion of the crisis relevant to Pakistan's military engagement was almost over.
- Subjects
YEMENI Revolution, 2011-2012; NATIONAL security; INTERNATIONAL relations; PAKISTANI foreign relations
- Publication
Policy Perspectives, 2015, Vol 12, Issue 2, p61
- ISSN
1812-1829
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.13169/polipers.12.2.0061