POLI 340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Future Movement, Political Parties In Yemen, Salafi Jihadism
21 Dec 2016
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Spillover of syrian civil war, agreement of sectarian leaders that they don"t want the spillover to happen: refugees, arms smuggling and cross border clashes, hezbollah support for syrian regime, sectarian tensions and radicalization. Presidential election: m8 boycotts parliamentary sessions to elect president no one wins majority in april 2014 parliamentary ballot. President is chosen by parliament since 2014, parliament has been unable agree on a sufficient majority, lebanon has been without a president since 2014: president suleiman"s term ends without successor in may 2014. Future movement and hariri could see his position slipping with the sunni community. Hezbollah combat strength is focused on supporting asad regime in syria. Israelis don"t want a costly war, deterrent relationship. The arabian peninsula yemen and gulf states. Freedom house score kuwait was the only one that rated partly free. Kuwait, many gulf states have low political liberty. Gdp qatar very rich, yemen basically a developing country (life expectancy is very low)
