| Abstract [eng] |
The main focus of the thesis is placed on the analysis of the civil war induced factors that enable terrorist organizations in the case of the ongoing Yemeni civil war. Aim of the thesis – to assess how internal state conflict creates conditions for terrorist organizations’ activity. In the first section, the existing research focusing on relationship between civil war and terrorism is systematized, and civil war aspects, which are regarded as being the most important in enabling terrorist organizations, are identified. In the second section, the most important enabling factors of terrorism are operationalized by determining methods to detect and evaluate these factors in the case of Yemeni civil war. In the third section, Yemen's security situation and internal conflict's main actors are reviewed. In the fourth section, Yemeni civil war is analyzed and it is evaluated whether the identified enabling factors of terrorism are significant. After the assessment of previous research, three internal state conflict’s induced enabling factors of terrorism were identified. The first enabling factor was public support for terrorist organizations partially caused by both civil war and long-term grievances. The second enabling factor was direct and indirect state support for terrorist organizations. The third important factor was terrorist organizations’ ability to solve internal problems that arise within the group. All of the above mentioned enabling factors of terrorism were assessed through the lense of the ongoing Yemeni civil war. Both Yemen based terrorist organizations (AQAP and ISY) were compared with regards to their ability to use civil war induced enabling factors. |
