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Россия и Восток. К 100-летию политических и культурных связей новейшего времени. Т. 2 251 СЕКЦИЯ XVIII • SECTION XVIII КРУГЛЫЙ СТОЛ: «РОССИЯ И ВОСТОК: СОВРЕМЕННОЕ СОСТОЯНИЕ СИСТЕМЫ ДУГ НЕСТАБИЛЬНОСТИ» ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION: “RUSSIA AND THE EAST: THE CURRENT STATE OF ARCS OF INSTABILITY’S SYSTEM” Matveev A. (FAAS, St Petersburg University, St Petersburg, Russia) An Overview of the Conflict in Yemen: Internal and External Actors and Mediation Tactics The situation in Yemen is typical for MENA countries in the post- Arab Spring period, as the internal conflict is exacerbated by the heavy involvement of external actors, both regional and international. Likewise to Libya, Syria and Iraq, theYemeni conflict also attracted the international community attention that resulted in repeated efforts to solve the crisis, including establishing two UN missions (the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen and the United Nations Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA)), though with a limited success so far. Even such ground-braking achievement as the Hudaydah Agreement faced serious problems with its implementation. To understand the reasons of the actors and find practical ways of mediation, all aspects of this multidimensional conflict should be considered, in particular the impact of deep internal divisions in Yemeni society and the external actors’ involvement in Yemen. 1. The South – North dichotomy. Historically, North Yemen was an independent Shiite Imamate, while South Yemen was the British Protectorate until 1967 and then became the Marxist-ori- ented People's Democratic Republic of Yemen. The unification of these two distinct