In December 2010, demonstrations, unrests, and protests began in the Middle East. This wave has swept many Arab countries including Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Bahrain, Syria, Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Oman, and Yemen (Yacoubin, 2011). This wave of civil demonstrations is referred to as the ‘Arab Spring’ (Egypt Programme, AusAID, 2011). The protests did have not affected the countries in equal magnitudes. Some have been popular unrests, which have led to the overthrow of regimes like in Tunisia and Egypt. Others have led to civil wars like in Libya, which led to the ousting of President Muammar Gaddaffi (Yacoubin, 2011). In other cases, there have been minor protests going on around the Middle East and the North Africa (MENA) (Egypt Programme, AusAID, 2011). The Arab spring is arguably one of the major happenings in the world in the 21 st century whose potential effects on the world political, social and economic landscape are permanent (Yacoubin, 2011). The major aim of the Arab spring has been to reverse the social situation that exists between the ruling class in these Arab countries and the subjects. The hitch in the social domain surfaced in the late 90’s to early 2000’s. With the current unrests, civil wars and protests, the Arab masses at the grassroots have been drastically and fast empowered (Yacoubin, 2011). Despite the whole world facing challenging situations such as rapidly increasing population, declining economic capability and corruption, it is worth mentioning that the current situation in MENA is only localized to the Arab world and has not spread to other parts (Egypt Programme, AusAID, 2011). This can be viewed as an indicator of inherent cultural affinity felt by Arabs thereby serving as an indicator of the physically powerful regional vibrancy of the Arab world (Egypt Programme, AusAID, 2011). In this document, the effects of Arab Spring on the region itself as well as the global domain will be assessed. Particular emphasis will be paid to the political, social and the economic aspects of the region and its implication to the global picture. Since the events occurred in the near past, much of the documentation to be relied upon are policy briefs, reports and articles from humanitarian organizations relating to the uprisings (Yacoubin, 2011). Situation analysis Protests in Yemen The protests in Yemen were initiated by issues of deep rooted corruption, low level of employment, declining standards of living and chronic poverty, all of which have emanated from the poor economic development in the country (Blumi, 2011). The populace attributes all these to the mismanagement of the country by the long serving president Saleh whom they feel should now relinquish power to other people. Moreover, the citizens argue that the country lacks a well developed constitution under the rule of Saleh. The lack of well designed policies on human rights that currently see demonstrators being denied their right to assembly is a case in point. To this effect, they have been denied decent health, employment opportunities and have had low access to quality life (Boucek, 2010). However, such unrests have come with various adversaries to the people as well as to the country, both at the local and at the international front. A brief by HCT, on June 7 2011, indicated various atrocities being committed to the citizens. These included deaths of