Yemen: Background and U.S. Relations
Description:
With limited natural resources, a crippling illiteracy rate, and high population growth, Yemen faces an array of daunting development challenges that some observers believe make it at risk for becoming a failed state in the next few decades. As the country's population rapidly rises, resources dwindle, and terrorist groups take root in the outlying provinces, the Obama Administration and the 111th Congress are left to grapple with the consequences of Yemeni instability. As President Obama and …
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Date:
May 4, 2011
Creator:
Sharp, Jeremy M.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department