The Middle East is in the midst of considerable and unpredictable
changes, but deeply patrimonial political systems do not change
overnight - and neither do the international and regional
structures that have helped them to endure for so long. The
informal rules that guide Yemeni society and its dysfunctional
political settlement look set to endure, in spite of unprecedented
protests. Entangled in a narrative of acute crisis and possible
state failure, the country still relies on foreign assistance to
prop up its ailing economy. Fearing the threat from al-Qaeda on
Yemeni soil as well as the crisis of the Houthi insurgency and the
southern secessionist movement, regional and Western powers have
continued to bankroll the regime without taking significant steps
to address the underlying causes of instability and threat. Drawing
on research carried out on the ground in Yemen, this Adelphi
examines the shadowy structures that govern political life and
sustain a network of social elites predisposed against any
far-reaching systemic reform. It looks behind the scenes at the
regime's opaque internal politics, at its entrenched patronage
system and at the 'rules of the game' that will shape the behaviour
of the post-Saleh rulers, to offer insights for how the West may
better engage within that game
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