Shabwa: Progress Despite Turmoil in a Governorate of Competing Identities
SHABWA: PROGRESS DESPITE TURMOIL IN A GOVERNORATE OF COMPETING IDENTITIES By: Majd Ibrahim, Nasser al-Khalifi Casey Coombs November 10, 2020 SHABWA: PROGRESS DESPITE TURMOIL IN A GOVERNORATE OF COMPETING IDENTITIES By: Majd Ibrahim Nasser al-Khalifi Casey Coombs November 10, 2020 COVER PHOTO: View from the center of Al-Said district in Shabwa on September 1, 2020. // Photo by Ammar Aulaqi The Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies is an independent think-tank that seeks to foster change through knowledge production with a focus on Yemen and the surrounding region. The Center’s publications and programs, offered in both Arabic and English, cover political, social, economic and security related developments, aiming to impact policy locally, regionally, and internationally. Oxford Research Group (ORG) is an independent organization that has been influential for nearly four decades in pioneering new, more strategic approaches to security and peacebuilding. Founded in 1982, ORG continues to pursue cutting-edge research and advocacy in the United Kingdom and abroad while managing innovative peacebuilding projects in several Middle Eastern countries. © COPYRIGHT SANA´A CENTER 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary 4 Introduction 6 Historical and Cultural Background 8 In the Geographic and Economic Center of Everything 11 Shabwa’s Oil and Gas Economy 11 Shabwa During Saleh Era, Hadi Transition and Now 13 A Shuffle Like No Other: GPC, Islah and the STC 13 Decentralization Brings Oil and Gas Revenues, Development 15 Security: The Shabwa Elite, Disarming
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