Yemen - a new strategy of Washington

When a message appears on the Saudi Air Force air strikes on targets in Yemen, many immediately raised the question of how and where the Americans? Why do not they speak, as always, as the pioneers and the main striking force of the new dangerous adventures in the Middle East? And the fact is that, most likely, Washington "run" in Yemen its new regional strategy, the essence of which is to move away from the central role in such operations and achieving the goal "by proxy".

If from the beginning of the 2000s, the Americans took the brunt of the military and financial burden in such a venture, but now they are not averse to pass it on to interested regional players and retain the supporting role.

This approach has just confirmed US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, who announced his support for the Government of the idea of ​​creating the unified armed forces of Arab States (of the decision announced Egypt at the summit of the Arab League).

Of course, such a bounty of Washington, pass the initiative in the hands of natives, sewn with white thread. Anyway, for a new military intervention in Yemen are Americans. It is with them Saudis have agreed to the bombing of the US military and they get intelligence and logistical support. Yes, and the chief of the Pentagon does not hide too much, stressing that at least two of the potential participants in the combined forces of the future - Saudi Arabia and Bahrain - are already cooperating with the United States on a bilateral basis.

It is also clear that the confrontation between Sunnis and Shiites - a kind of background confrontation in the region between the same United States and Iran. The latter now has been successful not only on several fronts in the region, but also in negotiations with the "six". I believe that it is no coincidence Saudis began operation in just a few days before the potential signing of the agreement on the Iranian atom ...

Americans are quite competently take advantage of the strength in the Arabian Peninsula to test his new strategy. The fact that the Saudis and their allies under any circumstances can not now afford to support Iran's Shiite rebels pose a threat to the Gulf of Aden and the Bab-el-Mandeb (located between Djibouti and Yemen), which forms the 3 million barrels of oil per day. Besides Riyadh seeks to establish itself as a regional power, which forces to take responsibility and to gather around him a powerful Sunni bloc to protect their interests.

In this scenario, it's time to leave Washington in the shade and watch a fight from the outside. Still, the main thing that ties the hands of Washington - it's hard luggage aggressive US activity in the region, which is now transformed into a sustainable and practically widespread anti-Americanism in the Middle East. Moreover, if the elites in the Arab world are still preserved islands favor to the United States, at the level of ordinary people, and any religious orientation, anti-American sentiments are very strong, and this trend is only growing.

Russia was in favor of a peaceful solution to the Yemeni issue - external intervention is not only to stop the civil war, but it can lead to serious consequences for the entire region. Unequivocally condemning the bombing in Yemen, the country has shown that, as in the case of Libya and Syria, it opposes foreign interference in internal affairs. I think that this position perceived properly and those countries that have formally agreed to participate in the operation of the Saudis.

Moscow has made it clear that he supports Yemen, his longtime ally. Not casually Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said that "we have contacts with all Yemeni parties, with President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi, to keep in touch with former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, and Huthis, of course, and, of course, come to us that we promote the settlement. "

It seems to me that the Russian side could offer its mediation efforts speak for a peaceful solution and, moreover, to organize the negotiation process on the way out of the impasse. Namely, to such an outcome, in my opinion, moving Saudi-Yemeni War.

It is very important that Russia stands here as if above the fray, with no vested interests and ideas. We do not need no occupation of Yemen Saudis nor the collapse of Saudi Arabia. Russia is committed to the adoption of new global rules of the game in the world. And to achieve this goal Arab and Muslim world, regardless of whether he or Shiite Sunni becomes our potential ally.

By the way, the theme of the development of new rules of the game on the world stage will be devoted to the International Forum "joint responses to global challenges - the path to a just peace," which "CP" performs in Moscow in late April.