Yemen: The war of all against all?
Yemen is notoriously unpredictable; but the only thing that is certain is that its internal conflicts are not likely to end any time soon
Mark N. Katz, Special to Addis Standard
The 17th Century English political philosopher, Thomas Hobbes, posited that the primordial “state of nature” without government is characterized by bellum omnium contra omnes, or the “war of all against all.” With the recent resignation of Yemeni President Abdurabuh Mansur Hadi and his prime minister, Yemen appears to be descending into just such a conflict. The collapse of the Hadi government, though, is not so much the cause of the increasing conflict in Yemen as it is the result of it.