State Failure, Power Expansion, and Balancing Behavior in the Middle East: The Case Study of Yemen (1962-1970) and (2008-2018)

• In Event: JSS SESSION: IR of the Middle East

Brief Overview

This paper hypothesizes that revisionist powers expand into failed states, and that status quo powers balance against such revisionist powers. The paper uses the failed state of Yemen to study the response of regional powers in the Middle East.

Author

• Aso Ali, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale