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The UAE’s foreign policymaking in Yemen: from bandwagoning to buck-passing

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  • Betul Dogan-Akkas

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The military intervention in Yemen is analysed in this paper within a context dominated by the United Arab Emirates (UAE). There are several scholarly works regarding the Emirates’ involvement in Yemen, but there are only a few about the recent series of transformations that the policymaking has undergone. This research aims to fill this gap by arguing that the prioritisation of national interest has transformed the Emirati policy regarding Yemen from ‘bandwagoning’ to ‘buck-passing’. The main objective in this paper is to scrutinise the UAE’s motivations in engaging in a buck-passing strategy towards Qatar and Saudi Arabia. From this point of view, any proper examination of the UAE’s drivers in policy change must begin by investigating the relationship between internal and external motivations. The assessment combines levels of systemic and individual dimensions in order to examine two main motivations as to why the buck-passing is articulated to bandwagoning. A structural complexity is embedded in the UAE’s strategies. Prioritisation of economic gains over military interests and the consolidation of internal power are two reasons for such policy transformation.

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  • Betul Dogan-Akkas, 2021. "The UAE’s foreign policymaking in Yemen: from bandwagoning to buck-passing," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(4), pages 717-735, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:42:y:2021:i:4:p:717-735
    DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2020.1842730
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