This paper seeks to explain whether a state’s engagement with international institutions may in some conditions increase the likelihood of fragmentation of the state and its domestic institutions. The author conducts a case study of the Republic of Yemen in order to examine whether state...

The purpose of the System Dynamics method is to study the relationship between structure and behavior in non-linear, dynamic systems. In such systems, the significance of various structural components to the behavior pattern exhibited, changes as the behavior unfolds. Changes in structural...