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تسلط بر باب المندب؛ سلاح ژئوپلتیک حوثی ها در مقابله با رژیم اسرائیل و متحدان آن

نوع مقاله : مقاله علمی- پژوهشی مستقل

نویسندگان
1 وزارت امور خارجه
2 دانشگاه تهران، دانشکده حقوق و علوم سیاسی
10.22034/isj.2025.504055.2289
چکیده
بااینکه همواره اصل بر آن بوده که بازیگر قوی پیروز میدان نبرد باشد، اما گاها بازیگر ضعیف با بهره‌گیری از برخی مزیت‌ها به‌عنوان برنده عرصه نبرد بوده است؛ مانند حوثی‌ها در یمن. آن‌ها که طی سال‌ها در عرصه داخلی با نیروی ائتلاف به رهبری عربستان درنبرد بوده‌اند. در جریان بحران غزه کوشیده‌اند با بهره‌گیری از مزیت هم‌جواری یمن با دریای سرخ و تنگه باب المندب در مسائل منطقه‌ای ایفای نقش کرده و جایگاه خود را در این سطح نیز ارتقا دهند. حوثی‌ها در جریان حمله اسرائیل به حماس کوشیدند با اعمال اهرم تهدید ژئوپلتیک، اسرائیل را مجبور به پایان دادن حملات خودنمایند. با توجه به این موضوعات سؤالی که مطرح می‌شود اینکه آن‌ها چگونه از موقعیت مسلط جغرافیایی جهت تحقق اهداف خویش بهره گرفتند. در پاسخ این فرضیه مطرح می‌شود که حوثی‌ها با بهره‌گیری از مزیت ژئوپلتیک تسلط دریایی و ایجاد اختلال درروند کنترل و حکمرانی قدرت‌های بزرگ بر خطوط ارتباط دریایی امنیت تجاری، انرژی و دریایی آن‌ها را تهدید کرده و باعث آسیب‌پذیری‌شان شدند. یافته‌های تحقیق نشان داد که حوثی‌ها با حمله به کشتی‌های تجاری و نفت‌کش‌های عبوری از تنگه باب المندب و ایجاد اختلال در مسیر زنجیره تأمین و سوخت باعث آسیب‌پذیری امنیت بین‌المللی دریایی، اقتصادی و انرژی و در تنگنا قرار گرفتن متحدان غربی اسرائیل شدند که می‌تواند عاملی برای اعمال فشار جهت پایان دادن به اقدامات اسرائیل باشد.
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عنوان مقاله English

Dominance of Bab Al-Mandeb; Houthis Geopolitical Weapons in Confrontation with Israel Regime and Its Allies

نویسندگان English

Maryam Ebadi 1
Nasrin Mosaffa 2
1 ministry of foreign affairs
2 Tehran University, Law and Political Science Faculty
چکیده English

Although the principle has always been that the strong actor wins the battle field, sometimes the weak actor has been the winner of the battle field by taking advantage of some advantages; Like the Houthis in Yemen. They have been fighting with the coalition forces led by Saudi Arabia in the domestic arena for years. During the Gaza crisis, they have tried to play a role in regional issues by taking advantage of Yemen's proximity to the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab strait and to improve their position at this level as well. During Israel's attack on Hamas, the Houthis tried to force Israel to end its attacks by leveraging geopolitical threats. According to these issues, the question that arises is how they took advantage of the dominant geographical position to achieve their goals. In response to this hypothesis, it is proposed that the Houthis, by taking advantage of the geopolitical advantage of maritime dominance and disrupting the process of control and governance of the great powers over the maritime communication lines, threatened their commercial, energy and maritime security and caused their vulnerability. The findings of the research showed that the Houthis, by attacking commercial ships and oil tankers passing through the Bab al-Mandab strait and disrupting the supply and fuel chain, caused the vulnerability of international maritime, economic and energy security and put Israel's western allies in a dilemma, which can be a factor to exert pressure to end Israel's actions.

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Houthis
Bab al -Mandeb
Military Attacks
Shipping
Security Threat
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