The Research On Yemeni Conflicts And Its Solution Path

Since the beginning of January 2011,the Yemeni conflict has already gone through two phases.In the first period,arguments about how to realize political transition among different factions led to a series of political and military conflicts.In the second period that began at March 26,2015,the conflict went international due to the Operation Decisive Storm targeting at the Houthis forces,which was launched by the coalition led by Saudi Arabia.In the first stage,the conflict was limited to a struggle for partisan interests.However,after its internationalization,the conflict has been both a geopolitical issue and a religious conflict between Shiah and Sunnite.Major maritime trade powers and countries relying on the Red Sea to import or export oil and gas have been inevitably involved in this issue because Yemen's strategic value that it guards both the gulf of Aden and the Mandab Strait.The situation is more and more deteriorative.More other countries have been also involved in the Yemen's conflict,because of their desire to expand political influence,to secure lucrative arms sales,to fight terrorism and to establish good international images,which brings more uncertainties to Yemen's political transition.This dissertation has an geopolitical insight into the Yemen's conflict and explores gains and losses of the resolution path from there aspects that entails domestic,regional and international perspectives.In the dynamic balance of the conflict,in order to realize political transition,all parties only have two paths.One is to directly join in the conflict to have a final battle,which means the prevailing party will unify the country by force.The other is to realize political transition peacefully through deterrence,which entails the overwhelming major powers will force relevant parties to return to negotiation and meanwhile threaten those by force that attempt to break negotiation.