Strategic Studies Quarterly

Abstract The current research tries to answer the question that based on the Crisis Cube Model, what was Saudi Arabia's perception of Yemen crisis and what mechanisms did it use to manage the developments? The findings of the research indicate that according to the perception of the Saudi leaders, the crisis in Yemen is at the "A" level of the cube. This country aims to conquer some strategic areas such as Bab al-Mandab, Hadaralmut province and Bandar Makla, Al-Mahrah province and Bandar Nishtun, Bandar Hodeidah and get out of the geographical monopoly in the south and some southwestern areas, control the flow of the Houthis and effectively prevent them from the Shiite System and the federalization of Yemen into a system of regions, has created a crisis, and thirdly, under such conditions, the intelligent management of the crisis and the simultaneous use of aggressive and hard levers (military-security and alliance building) are semi-hard. (siege and economic and livelihood pressure) and soft (political-diplomatic and media) have been put on the agenda to both eliminate the threat of the Houthis and to achieve the geopolitical intentions. The research method is qualitative and the method of data collection is documentary analysis.