| ID | 151836 |
| Title Proper | Aden, South Arabia and the United Arab Emirates |
| Other Title Information | a retrospective study in state failure and state creation |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Jones, Clive |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Five decades after withdrawing its troops from Aden for the last time, the decision by the Government of Harold Wilson to abandon the Federation of South Arabia (FSA) and with it, the various tribal potentates that had aligned themselves with this project in state creation continues to generate vociferous debate. For some, any attempt to configure a modern state from a largely tribal field was doomed to fail as internecine conflict; regional rivalries punctured the illusion of a unified Federal identity, let alone a coherent state. For others, it was a lack of British political resolve as well as investment of the necessary treasure that forced the issue and saw London abandon erstwhile allies to an often bloody fate with the emergence of a Marxist-led regime in what became South Yemen after 1967. Yet just three years later, Britain oversaw the creation of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from a collection of tribal entities, a state creation project that continues to endure. In a series of articles written by leading historians of the region as well as former diplomats, this issue of Middle Eastern Studies sets out to compare and contrast the circumstances and context surrounding the failure of the FSA with the establishment of the UAE, the legacy of which continues to shape the politics and security of the Gulf region in the twenty first century. |
| `In' analytical Note | Middle Eastern Studies Vol. 53, No.1; Jan 2017: p.2-5 |
| Journal Source | Middle Eastern Studies 2017-02 53, 1 |
| Key Words | United Arab Emirates ; State Failure ; South Arabia ; Aden ; State Creation |