Revolution and Foreign Policy: The Case of South Yemen, 1967-1987This book is a study of the foreign policy of South Yemen, the most radical of Arab states, from the time of its independence from Britain in 1967 until 1987. It covers relations with the west, including the USA, and with the USSR and China, and also highlights South Yemen's conflicts with its neighbours, North Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Oman. The author provides a detailed analysis of the foreign relations of one of the USSR's closest allies in the Third World and shows how conflicts within the country relate to changes in foreign policy. South Yemen has traditionally not been an easy country to study, both because it is so secretive and because the revolutionary regime still arouses such strong passions. Professor Halliday was able to visit the country and to make an outstandingly thorough study of the foreign policy of an Arab state. |
Contents
the foreign relations of South Yemen | 1 |
Development of foreign policy through the first decade | 8 |
The independence negotiations | 9 |
The National Front and foreign policy | 17 |
The Yemeni Socialist Party | 29 |
The Yemeni Socialist Party normalisation and factional conflict | 34 |
The crisis of January 1986 | 41 |
a tentative assessment | 44 |
The smaller Gulf states | 165 |
the Horn of Africa Iran Palestine | 170 |
In search of allies the USSR and China | 178 |
initiating an alliance | 180 |
The relationship consolidated | 188 |
A state of socialist orientation | 197 |
January 1986 and its aftermath | 207 |
disapproval and tenacity | 218 |
The making of foreign policy | 53 |
The advanced capitalist countries | 61 |
commerce and suspicion | 64 |
France and West Germany | 74 |
causes of a rupture | 79 |
Washington and the 1986 crisis | 92 |
The enigmas of Yemeni unity | 99 |
The aspiration to unity | 101 |
six phases | 110 |
Sources of the unity policy | 136 |
Regional orientationssolidarity and accommodation | 140 |
conflict and normalisation | 142 |
an uncomfortable hegemony | 157 |
revolution and foreign policy | 228 |
Appendices | 233 |
2Joint Saudi ArabiaPDRY statement on diplomatic relation 10March 1976 | 236 |
3Authors interview with PDRY Foreign Minister Muhammad Salih MutiyyaNovember 1977 | 237 |
4Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between the USSR and the PDRY November 1979 | 241 |
5Oman PDRY agreement on normalisation of relations November 1982 | 245 |
6Authors interview with president Ali Nasir MuhammadMarch 1983 | 247 |
extracts from political report of YSP General Secretaru Ali alBid to the party conference June 1987 | 250 |
8External publicdebt of the PDRY December 1982 | 260 |
Notes | 261 |
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Revolution and Foreign Policy: The Case of South Yemen, 1967-1987 Fred Halliday No preview available - 1990 |
Common terms and phrases
Abd al-Fattah Ismail Abd Allah Aden Aden's affairs agreement al-Bīd Alī Nāşir Muhammad allies Arab League Arab world Arabian Peninsula armed Bahrain Britain British CDSP China co-operation commitment Committee communiqué conflict Congress continued countries crisis December delegation Dhofar diplomatic relations economic Egypt established Ethiopia factional February forces Foreign Minister foreign policy Front frontier guerrillas Ibid independence Interview involved Iran Iranian Iraq issue January June Kahtan Kuwait leaders Libya March Middle East military Moscow movement negotiations North November October official Omani organisation Palestinian party PDRY PDRY's People's Democratic Republic period Persian Gulf PFLO PFLOAG Politburo political position President PRSY radical regime region Republic of Yemen revolution revolutionary role Şalih Salim Rubiyya Alī Sana'a Saudi Arabia September socialist Somalia South Arabia South Yemen Soviet Union statement struggle Sultan Third World treaty USSR Yemeni Socialist Party Yemeni unity YSP leadership
References to this book
A History of Middle East Economies in the Twentieth Century Roger Owen,Şevket Pamuk No preview available - 1998 |