Word: yemen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...South Yemen wants to forge a political and economic union with North Yemen, its bigger, more conservative and Western-oriented neighbor. Al Attas regards the merger as his country's "crucial" issue. "We are all Yemenis," he says. "We find it very important to raise the level of cooperation between our two countries." To that end, a newfound oil concession near the North Yemen border has been earmarked for joint development. The border is now open, plans for a combined power grid have been drawn, and a fresh draft of a unified constitution is almost ready for ratification. But past...
...grease not just for diplomatic outreach but for South Yemen's attempts at bootstrap development. In 1987 Soviet geologists discovered a little of the black gold beneath the desert sands near Shabwa. When the first wells begin gushing in 1990, the area may produce up to 70,000 barrels a day. That small but steady output will bring $240 million a year into South Yemen's treasury...
Still, South Yemen remains firmly in the Soviet orbit. Aden's strategic location gives the Soviet navy a deep-water port with excellent facilities to service its large Indian Ocean fleet. From there, Soviet ships could control access in or out of the Red Sea, a choke point of global importance. South Yemen refuses to accord the U.S.S.R. full base rights for its navy, and is rumored to restrict port calls by Soviet warships to twelve a year. But bunkering and repair services are always available...
Having marched relentlessly down the radical road, which earned little more than a broken-down economy and an ugly international reputation, South Yemen seems ready to try another direction. How far it will go, and how successfully, depends on untested talents. The old hands in South Yemen always wonder when the next coup will dash their frail hopes...
...region' s fragile democracies face social unrest and political turmoil if their massive foreign loans are not reduced, but U. S. institutions have yet to come up with many acceptable solutions. -- Why do Australia' s Aborigines die at alarming rates in police custody? -- South Yemen embraces a modest version of perestroika. -- Racial troubles flare in the Chinese city of Nanjing...