1) You claim that the conflict is not sectarian, yet one of your two main arguments focuses on the underrepresentation of Shi'a in the modern state? It is, indeed, not a sectarian conflict, but you are shooting yourself in the foot here.
2) "The underrepresentation of the Shi’a population in the modern State of Yemen since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire is an overlooked dimension of the current crisis in Yemen." Hu? After the Ottoman Empire collapsed in 1918, the Zaydi (Shi'a) Imam Yahya established the Mutawakkilite Kingdom, which ruled Yemen with from 1918 to 1962 - a state, which was ruled by Shi'a. The marginalisation of Zaydis is rooted in the post-1962 revolution era, particularly with the spread of the salafiya and wahhabiya from the 1980s onwards.
1) You claim that the conflict is not sectarian, yet one of your two main arguments focuses on the underrepresentation of Shi'a in the modern state? It is, indeed, not a sectarian conflict, but you are shooting yourself in the foot here.
2) "The underrepresentation of the Shi’a population in the modern State of Yemen since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire is an overlooked dimension of the current crisis in Yemen." Hu? After the Ottoman Empire collapsed in 1918, the Zaydi (Shi'a) Imam Yahya established the Mutawakkilite Kingdom, which ruled Yemen with from 1918 to 1962 - a state, which was ruled by Shi'a. The marginalisation of Zaydis is rooted in the post-1962 revolution era, particularly with the spread of the salafiya and wahhabiya from the 1980s onwards.