“Critical Reasoning”: Yemen and the War on TerrorThis article will provide a brief description of Yemen, Yemen's global importance in the war on terrorism and how the war on terrorism affects the interests of the United States (U.S.) and the world. I will also discuss how the United States provides support to Yemen, the support the United States provides to other countries in the region, and how the war on terrorism is being waged in Yemen by the United States and other countries around the world. provide a brief overview of the country of Yemen. According to The World Factbook (2014), Yemen is a country in the Middle East located between Saudi Arabia and Oman on the Arabian Peninsula. It is also bordered by three bodies of water; the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. The capital of Yemen is Sanaa, located in the west of the country, with a population of 2.2 million (2009), roughly the size of Houston, Texas. Yemen's climate varies from hot and humid along the west coast, temperate in the western mountains which are affected by seasonal monsoons, and extraordinarily hot, dry and harsh desert in the east, which makes up 95% of the land mass from Yemen. Yemen's natural resources include oil, fish, rock salt and marble. Yemen is a majority Arab country with Arabic as its official language. Islam is the official religion with a population estimated at 65% Sunnis and 35% Shiites. Yemen is a republic with a president elected for seven years. The president appoints the vice president and the prime minister for the duration of the presidential term. Yemen's revenues come mainly from its dwindling oil resources, which forced an economic reform program launched in 2006 and designed to strengthen the EC's non-oil sectors...... middle of paper .... ..eats.org/ yemen/yemen-insurgency-american-counter-terrorism-strategy-march-19-2012United States Support for Yemen. (February 28, 2014). US Department of State. Accessed May 25, 2014, from http://www.state.gov/p/nea/rls/2014/222781.htmSharp, R. (May 10, 2014). Why Yemen's fight against Al-Qaeda is a question of survival. Compendium of international policies. Accessed May 25, 2014, from http://www.internationalpolicydigest.org/2014/05/10/yemens-fight-al-qaeda-survival/Jamjoom, M. and Starr, B. (April 23, 2014). Massive US involvement in counterterrorism operations in Yemen. CNN. Accessed May 25, 2014, from http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/22/world/meast/yemen-terror-operation-dna/Shinn, D. (October 13, 2011). American policy towards the Horn of Africa. Compendium of international policies. Retrieved May 25, 2014 from http://www.internationalpolicydigest.org/2011/10/13/us-policy-towards-the-horn-of-africa/