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Autumn 2008
Daniel S. Roper
Global Counterinsurgency: Strategic Clarity for the Long War Though policy initiatives since September 11, 2001 have positively influenced certain agencies in their efforts to secure America, some steps have actually limited the nation's effectiveness in countering the threats it faces. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Spring 2004
Robert R. Tomes
Relearning Counterinsurgency Warfare Thirty years after the signing of the January 1973 Paris peace agreement ending the Vietnam War, the United States finds itself leading a broad coalition of military forces engaged in peacemaking, nation-building, and now counterinsurgency warfare in Iraq. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Summer 2007
Brian Reed
A Social Network Approach to Understanding an Insurgency A network analysis of war and insurgency differs markedly from conventional approaches, a fact that might require us to rethink some of our more conventional analytical tools. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Winter 2006/2007
Jim Baker
Systems Thinking and Counterinsurgencies This article presents the essentials of a successful counterinsurgency strategy by applying a technique known as systems thinking. Systems thinking has proven successful in other contexts at explaining human behavior, policy choices, unintended consequences, and the resistance of systems to change. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Summer 2005
Christopher M. Ford
Speak No Evil: Targeting a Population's Neutrality to Defeat an Insurgency Using Iraq as a model, this article seeks to examine the relationship between the people and the insurgency, with the ultimate questions being: What role does the civilian population play in the insurgency, and how can this situation be influenced to achieve success? mark for My Articles similar articles
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Summer 2007
Clancy & Crossett
Measuring Effectiveness in Irregular Warfare There is little foundational understanding of what success means in irregular warfare that will assist analysts in interpreting operational effectiveness. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Summer 2008
Robert M. Chamberlain
With Friends Like These: Grievance, Governance, and Capacity-Building in COIN This article questions the assumption that enhancing the power of the state will make the population less likely to support insurgents. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Winter 2005/2006
Jeffrey Record
Why the Strong Lose Why has the United States fared consistently well against such powerful enemies as Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan and the Soviet Union, but its record against lesser foes is decidedly mixed? mark for My Articles similar articles
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Summer 2008
Kenneth Payne
Waging Communication War This article sets out to explore the ramifications of poor communication and lack of support of the population in a modern war. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Winter 2006/2007
Martin J. Muckian
Structural Vulnerabilities of Networked Insurgencies: Adapting to the New Adversary The ongoing conflict in Iraq has sparked a renewed interest in the study of counterinsurgency, leading many to comb the wars of the twentieth century for lessons that can be applied to today. Much of this recent analysis has focused on the knowledge gained from fighting Marxist revolutionaries. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Summer 2007
Frank G. Hoffman
Neo-Classical Counterinsurgency? A look at the impact and implications of the classical school of thought on revolutionary warfare and an evaluation of the newly issued Army/Marine counterinsurgency (COIN) manual. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Spring 2006
Wade Markel
Draining the Swamp: The British Strategy of Population Control Thirty years after the end of the Vietnam War, the U.S. and its Army again find themselves confronted with a tenacious insurgency, this time in Iraq. Here's a look at Britain's victory in Malaya as a model to emulate. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Autumn 2006
Michael R. Melillo
Outfitting a Big-War Military with Small-War Capabilities Unfortunately, it took the tragedy of 9/11 and the challenges posed by an adaptive enemy for the U.S. to realize it was not prepared to fight war on terms other than its own choosing. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Summer 2006
Lou DiMarco
Losing the Moral Compass: Torture and Guerre Revolutionnaire in the Algerian War Torture also has been the subject of much domestic political debate in the US. The French experience in Algeria from 1954 to 1962 is one of the clearest examples of how ill-conceived interrogation techniques contributed directly to the strategic failure of a counterinsurgency and the success of an insurgency. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Autumn 2008
Robert M. Cassidy
Terrorism and Insurgency Countering Terrorism and Insurgency in the 21st Century: International Perspectives is a collection of essays that provide insight into the challenges that make this perennial and irregular war exceedingly difficult. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Summer 2006
David W. Barno
Challenges in Fighting a Global Insurgency Strategy in a global counterinsurgency requires a new level of thinking. A world of irregular threats and asymmetrical warfare demands that we Americans broaden our thinking beyond the norms of traditional military action once sufficient to win our wars. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Spring 2005
Timothy K. Deady
Lessons from a Successful Counterinsurgency: The Philippines, 1899-1902 These events--from a century ago--share a number of striking parallels with the events of 2003 and 2004. The Philippine Insurrection of 1899-1902 was America's first major combat operation of the 20th century. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Spring 2005
Metz & Millen
Intervention, Stabilization, and Transformation Operations: The Role of Landpower in the New Strategic Environment A historic shift has taken place in the strategic environment as globalization and interconnectedness propel the concept of security in new, unforeseen directions mark for My Articles similar articles
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Summer 2006
Robert M. Cassidy
The Long Small War: Indigenous Forces for Counterinsurgency A task force that organizes and integrates special, conventional, and indigenous forces against terrorists, leveraging the best counterinsurgency practices, would be able to carry out the full range of counterinsurgency requirements within an autonomous area of operations. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Autumn 2008
Commentary & Reply Dispute over using airpower in counterinsurgency (COIN)... Waging the communication war... mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2005
Roxana Tiron
Insurgents Learn to Exploit U.S. Military's Vulnerabilities As insurgents continue to develop more lethal means to attack U.S. forces and allies in Iraq, both military and private security officials have been conducting briefings on how to recognize and avoid the ubiquitous threats of suicide bombs, roadside mines and ambushes. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Autumn 2006
Jeffrey Record
External Assistance: Enabler of Insurgent Success For either the insurgent side or the counterinsurgent side, material strength unguided by sound strategy and unsupported by sufficient willingness to fight and die is a recipe for almost certain defeat. But most insurgencies seek foreign help for good reason. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2007
James A. Gavrilis
Army Must Embrace Unconventional Fight Even a major unconventional campaign such as Iraq can have major conventional operations as part of it. In war the two are not mutually exclusive. The trick is finding the right mix. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Summer 2004
Robert M. Cassidy
Back to the Street without Joy: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Vietnam and Other Small Wars This article aims to distill some of the more relevant counterinsurgency lessons from the American military's experiences during Vietnam and before. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2005
Sandra Erwin
Defense Dept. Rhetoric Reflects War Frustrations Defense officials know so little about the insurgency American troops are combating in Iraq they decided that detailed information about the enemy, such as its strength and capabilities, is not all that important to winning the war. mark for My Articles similar articles
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Summer 2007
From the Editor Although hamstrung by a myriad of political, economic, and cultural realities, visionaries share one common opinion regarding the future of the Middle East; Iran will play a pivotal role. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
Special Forces' Skills `Needed More Than Ever' Experts are questioning whether the Pentagon is making the best use of highly skilled special operations forces in the nation's war against extremist Islamic groups. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2005
Sandra I. Erwin
Intelligence: The Silver Bullet That Will Beat the Insurgency Until the military can come to grips with their intelligence problem in Iraq, it will continue to pay the price in the form of casualties, which have now reached nearly 2,000 dead and more than 14,000 wounded. mark for My Articles similar articles
IEEE Spectrum
November 2007
Robert N. Charette
Open-Source Warfare Terrorists are leveraging information technology to organize, recruit, and learn -- and the West is struggling to keep up. The conflict in Iraq highlights how the open global access to increasingly powerful technological tools is in effect allowing small groups to declare war on nations. mark for My Articles similar articles
Wired
November 27, 2007
Noah Shachtman
How Technology Almost Lost the War: In Iraq, the Critical Networks Are Social -- Not Electronic A network-centric approach to war allows us to swiftly locate our target and destroy it, but it doesn't allow us to connect with local people to rebuild a city. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2008
Sandra I. Erwin
In Today's Wars, Air Strikes Under Fire The Air Force and the Army feud over who gets to be in charge of the "big guns" on the battlefield. The rivalry has become irrelevant in current wars, where one doesn't win by killing, but by gaining the trust of the population. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2005
Sandra I. Erwin
Marines Probing New Ways to Fight Future Insurgencies Officials stress that the aim is not to write a war plan for the current conflict Iraq, but rather to generate fresh ideas for countering so-called "irregular" threats in the coming decades. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2007
Grace Jean
Defense Technologies for an Uncertain Future The United States is at a crossroads when it comes to developing defense technologies for a future that seems obscure at best. mark for My Articles similar articles
Fast Company
October 2000
Robert B. Reich
Your Job Is Change When change programs are doomed before they start ... When old leaders are stumped by new challengers ... When change itself is changing ... mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2005
Joe Pappalardo
A Single Day Changed Supply Strategy in Iraq A coordinated sabotage of supply roads in Iraq changed the way the U.S. Army's support command had to do business from that point on. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2006
Stew Magnuson
Adaptive Foe Thwarts Counter-IED Efforts Coalition forces are engaged in an ongoing invisible combat in the radio and infrared spectra. Iraqi insurgents have progressed from simple trip wires to infrared devices to set off improvised explosive devices. mark for My Articles similar articles