
Why is Saudi Arabia at War in Yemen?
Dec 6, 2016 argues that the Kingdom entered the conflict only because it faced an acute security threat.
Ali Al Shihabi is the executive director of the Arabia Foundation, a new think tank that will focus on the geopolitics of the Arabian Peninsula. He is the author of The Saudi Kingdom: Between the Jihadi Hammer and the Iranian Anvil and Arabian War Games.
Dec 6, 2016 argues that the Kingdom entered the conflict only because it faced an acute security threat.
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