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4 Apr 2013

This report discusses the reform process of Yemeni security forces. Military-security restructuring is hugely critical to a successful transition, but it also is hugely difficult, because it directly threatens an array of vested interests. Although President Abdo Robo Mansour Hadi has taken important first steps, the harder part lies ahead: undoing a legacy of corruption and politicization; introducing a coherent administrative and command structure, instilling discipline and unified "esprit de corps"; and continuing to weaken the old elite’s hold without provoking a backlash.

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Author International Crisis Group
Series Crisis Group Middle East Reports
Issue 139
Publisher International Crisis Group (ICG)
Copyright © 2013 International Crisis Group (Crisis Group)
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