| Documentary Studies in Arabian Geopolitics: South-West Arabia 6 Hardback Volume Set: The Saudi-Yemen Dispute Contributor(s): Schofield, Richard (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1788068025 ISBN-13: 9781788068024 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $2650.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - General |
| Physical Information: 8.5" H x 11.2" W x 14.1" (21.00 lbs) 4000 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Autumn 1995 the Saudi-Yemeni border constituted Arabia s last indeterminate territorial limit, with the exception of its westernmost stretches, from the Red Sea to Najran, settled by a treaty of 1934. Talks between the Riyadh and Sana a Governments on the unresolved border question had been intermittently in progress since July 1992. In February 1995 the two states signed a memorandum of understanding reaffirming the provision of the 1934 Treaty of Taif. The Treaty was formally renewed in June 1995, providing for a re-demarcation of the westernmost boundary and establishing a procedural framework for the settlement of the remainder of the boundary further east. The documents provide a wide historical context in which to view the efforts to finalise the political map of the south-western peninsula. Any settlement finally reached between Saudi Arabia and Yemen will need to take full account of critical factors which have shaped the history of their borderlands. |