Welcome to the Yemen Policy Center's latest English language digest of our popular Arabic Kaleidoscope podcast. This digest series provides additional context and analysis to the Arabic podcast. 

New YPC research shows that views on policing are complex. They are seen as popular, providing a service as law enforcement and mediation; as corrupt; as weak when compared with other security actors; and as in need of community support and resourcing. As our participants discuss, the role and perceptions of policing may indicate people’s hopes for a formal state, as they experience a sense of Yemen fragmenting as a state. YPC’s Mareike Transfeld and Mohamed al-Iriani are joined by Kamal Muqbil, Yemen Polling Center’s research director, and Rasha Abdulkafi, the former commander of the women's battalion in the 35th Armored Brigade.

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