Regime and periphery in Northern Yemen : the Huthi phenomenon / Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells.

"RAND National Defense Research Institute."

"This research was conducted within the Intelligence Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-382).

Part I: The Context of Regime-Periphery Relations in Northern Yemen -- Sa'da in the North Yemeni Context -- The Sociocultural Ecology of the Huthi Conflict: Tribalism and Religion -- Part II: From Tension to Conflict: Social Change and Huthi Emergence, 1980s-2004 -- Run-Up to the Regime-Huthi Conflict, 1980s-2001 -- From Tension to Confrontation: Triggers of Conflict, 2001-2004 -- Part III: The Six Sa'da Wars -- From Phases to Rolling Conflict: Time Line, Geography, and Magnitude of Huthi-GoY Fighting -- GoY Operations: Goals and Methods -- The Huthis as Combatants -- Conflict Prolongers: The Environmental, Human, and Economic Consequences of Huthi-GoY Fighting -- Appendix A: Population Characteristics of Sa'da Governorate -- Appendix B: Zaydism: Overview and Comparison to Other Versions of Shi'ism -- Appendix C: Major Huthist Ideological Tracts -- Appendix D: Important Personalities in the Huthi Conflict -- Appendix E: Conflict Magnitude -- Appendix F: Conflict Ceasefire Conditions -- Appendix G: Fifty-Five Huthi "Leaders" Wanted by the GoY, August 2009 -- Appendix H: Sources and Challenges in Understanding the Huthi Conflict.