Yemen Monitor/News room
A new study by Mocha Center for Strategic Studies argues that Washington’s policy toward the war in Gaza and the Red Sea has added a lot of complexity to the Yemeni file, undermining – and at best delaying – the chances of signing a roadmap to end the conflict in Yemen.
The study points out that the outcomes of the ongoing conflict in the Gulf of Aden and the southern of the Red Sea will inevitably affect the political and military balances between the Yemeni parties, as well as the paths of war and peace in Yemen, and the political and humanitarian situation.
The study concludes that US policies toward Yemen have been largely characterized by an attempt to avoid getting bogged down in the complexities of the Yemeni file, and to deal with it through the approaches of active regional actors, or through a narrow and unilateral perspective that takes into account only American interests, and does not pay much attention to Yemeni interests.
According to the study, the American inaction in allowing the Houthi group to rebel and seize power has put Yemen on a long and complicated path, and has led it into a state of war that has plunged the region, and even the world, into a major crisis whose repercussions still ongoing to this day.
According to the study, Washington has been careful to keep the conflict with the Houthi group in the Red Sea separate from the internal conflict in Yemen, and has calibrated its political and military actions in such a way that does not affect it ,its dynamics, or its course.
The study also finds that the political and military actions taken by the United States against the Houthis, at least until the time of writing this paper, have been aimed at containing their behavior ( the Houthis) and deterring their actions in the Red Sea, in order to prevent the expansion of the circle of war in Palestine to the region.
The study recommends that the United States should be aware that investing in development and stability in Yemen is the best way to ensure security in the region and the world in general, due to its strategic location near oil sources and international shipping lanes, and that it should push for a broad regional and international partnership to achieve this.
The study also recommends that Washington should not ignore the internal dynamics of the conflict in Yemen, and should not impose solutions that are not accepted by the Yemeni people in their largest political and geographical bloc in Yemen, as this is an important factor in ensuring a long lasting peace.
