Editor’s Note: This is the fourth and final article in a series on hybrid armed actors in the Middle East. Be sure to read the first, second, and third essays. The concept for the series emerged from a Chatham House project on the same topic.   On May 29, 2020, Yemeni Health Minister Dr. Nasser Baum gave a televised speech assuring viewers that his country was free of the novel coronavirus and was ready to confront the pandemic. In fact, the virus was already spreading and Yemen was badly unprepared to stop it. While estimates are difficult because testing was so … Continue reading Hybrid Security Governance and the Search for the State in the Middle East