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Irregular Enemies and the Essence of Strategy: Can the American Way of War Adapt?
March 1, 2006
— Author: Dr Colin S Gray The author offers a detailed comparison between the character of irregular warfare, insurgency in particular, and the principal enduring features of "the American way." He concludes that there is a serious mismatch between that "way" and the kind of behavior that is most effective in countering irregular foes. The author...
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A Hundred Osamas: Islamist Threats and the Future of Counterinsurgency
January 1, 2006
— Author: Dr Sherifa D Zuhur This monograph takes its title from President Hosni Mubarak's prediction that American involvement in Iraq would give rise to a "hundred Osamas." The author explores "the new jihad" and the regeneration of Islamist insurgencies and extremist movements in the context of religious and political movements throughout the...
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Winning the War by Winning the Peace: Strategy for Conflict and Post-Conflict in the 21st Century
December 1, 2004
— Author: COL Lloyd J MatthewsDuring each of the last 15 years, the U.S. Army War College has sponsored a broad-based strategy conference that addresses a major security issue of current relevance to the United States, its allies, and, indeed, the entire world. The conference theme for year 2004 was "Winning the War by Winning the Peace: Strategy for...
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Unlearning Counterinsurgency
November 1, 2004
— Author: Dr Steven Metz Each month a member of the SSI faculty writes an editorial for our monthly newsletter. This is the Op-Ed for the November 2004 newsletter.Read Now
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Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in the 21st Century: Reconceputalizing Threat and Response
November 1, 2004
— Authors: Dr Steven Metz, LTC Raymond A Millen Modern insurgency warfare presents fresh challenges for the United States, which must re-conceptualize its approach to fighting such conflicts. Because the dominant characteristics of insurgency--protractedness and ambiguity--effectively stymie the American military's approach to war, the United States...
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Shadows of Things Past and Images of the Future: Lessons for the Insurgencies in Our Midst
November 1, 2004
— Author: Dr Max G Manwaring This monograph begins with a short discussion of contemporary insurgency. It makes the argument that, in studying terror war, guerrilla war, or any other common term for insurgency war, we find these expressions mischaracterize the activities of armed groups that are attempting to gain political control of a nation-state...
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Fighting Insurgents–No Shortcuts to Success
May 1, 2004
— Author: Dr James S Corum Each month a member of the SSI faculty writes an editorial for our monthly newsletter. This is the Op-Ed for the May 2004 newsletter.Read Now
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Colombia’s Conflicts: The Spillover Effects of a Wider War
October 1, 2002
— Author: Mr Richard Millett This monograph is the first in a new Special Series of monographs that stems from the February 2001 and the March 2002 conferences--co-sponsored by the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College and The Dante B. Fascell North-South Center of the University of Miami--that dealt with the "Implementation of...
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Nonstate Actors in Colombia: Threat and Response
May 1, 2002
— Author: Dr Max G Manwaring Colombia's deeply rooted and ambiguous warfare has reached crisis proportions in that Colombia's "Hobbesian Trinity" of illegal drug traffickers, insurgents, and paramilitary organizations are creating a situation in which life is indeed "nasty, brutish, and short." The first step in developing a macro-level vision,...
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Colombian Army Adaptation to FARC Insurgency
January 1, 2002
— Author: Dr Thomas A Marks The author points out that Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) insurgents actively are pursuing a strategy to mobilize the disaffected and disposed people of Colombia, and to control the entire national territory. At the same time, he argues that no one in the national political establishment has taken the...
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Conflict and Conflict Resolution in the Sahel: The Tuareg Insurgency in Mali
May 1, 1998
— Author: LTC Kalifa Keita June 27, 1990, is a significant date in the recent history of Mali. It marks the beginning of what Malians call "The Second Tuareg Rebellion." The first had been staged against the post-colonial Malian government in 1963. The national government had suppressed that rebellion with harsh coercive measures, and the Tuaregs...
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Counterinsurgency: Strategy and the Phoenix of American Capability
February 1, 1995
— Author: Dr Steven Metz Dr. Steven Metz argues that the way the Department of Defense and U.S. military spend the time when counterinsurgency support is not an important part of American national security strategy determines how quickly and easily they react when policymakers commit the nation to such activity. If analysis and debate continues, at...
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