CARPO Studies

11 Study 22.03.2022

Narratives of (In)Justice in Contemporary Yemeni Novels

Representations of Socio-Political Practices and Normative Constructions

This Study analyzes narratives of (in)justice in contemporary Yemeni novels. Through a lexical field analysis of nine selected contemporary novels, the paper highlights how (in)justice is framed in narrative literature, both in terms of …

10 Study 01.03.2021

Reconfigurations in West Asia and North Africa

CARPO Research Forum 2020 – Conference Report

The first CARPO Research Forum, which took place in November 2020, addressed the reconfigurations and challenges the WANA region is currently grappling with by selecting three major themes at the global, regional and local levels: It discussed the …

08 Study 20.01.2020

Bar’a as an Expression of Liminality

Ritual Performance, Identity and Conflict Prevention in the Highlands of Yemen

This Study focuses on the performative genre barʿa, which is one of the most important means of nonverbal communication between social groups in Yemen. As such, this Study deals with a cultural practice of the tribal population in the Yemeni …

07 Study 11.11.2019

Projecting Power Westwards

China’s Maritime Strategy in the Arabian Sea and its Potential Ramifications for the Region

This Study looks at China’s new maritime strategy in the Arabian Sea within the framework of the Maritime Silk Road and analyses its possible implications for the adjacent countries. The main focus of the analysis is placed on the most critical sea …

06 Study 12.11.2018

Imagining an Alternative Homeland

Humanism in Contemporary Yemeni Novels

This Study presents insights into alternative values and visions offered to society by leading contemporary Yemeni novelists with the aim of laying the basis for a better future of their country. CARPO Associate Fellow Abdulsalam al-Rubaidi analyzes …

05 Study 16.10.2018

Rivals or Partners?

Interdependencies between the EU and China in the Middle East

Geopolitical occurrences and the changing role of the United States in the Middle East have led to an increased interdependence between the EU and China in the Middle East, a region where the economic and security interests of each meet, compete and …

04 Study 02.07.2018

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Recognizing the Primacy of Politics in UN Peacebuilding

This CARPO Study scrutinizes the dichotomy between the political and non-political parts of the UN system and asks whether the UN system can conduct peacebuilding in contested intra-state settings irrespective of Security Council backing. It argues …

03 Study 19.12.2016

Grey-scales

Negotiating the Civil State in Post-Revolutionary Egypt

As a slogan, dawla madaniyya (civil state) was one of the most often heard during the 2011 ‘Arab Spring’ uprisings across the Arab World. In this CARPO Study, Sarah Wessel explores the changing state-society relations in Egypt, following the …

02 Study 02.05.2016

Aden 1986 – The Forgotten Evacuation [in German]

In the final phase of the Cold War, as Moscow is losing its grip on the world-wide socialist community of states, a civil war in socialist southern Yemen forces thousands of foreigners to flee to the beaches of Aden. They are brought to safety in a …

01 Study 02.05.2016

The GDR, Honecker and the South Yemen Crisis of 1986 [in German]

In January 1986, a internal conflict in the Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP) escalates into a bloody civil war. After a few days, Aden lies in ruins and with it the international credibility of a significantly decimated YSP – a fact that soon took a …