Recent Publications

Understanding Indian Insurgencies: Implications for Counterinsurgency Operations in the Third World
February 1, 2007 — Author: Deputy Inspector General Durga Madhab (John) Mitra A simple linear model for India has been developed to demonstratehow the degree of inaccessibility of an area, the strength of separate social identity of its population, and the amount of external influence on the area determine the propensity of that area for insurgency. Implications of... MORE

America in the Third World: Strategic Alternatives and Military Implications
May 1, 1994 — Author: Dr Steven Metz The author examines the problems of the Third World and the debates that exist regarding the most effective U.S. response to these problems. He has concluded that the Third World is undergoing such significant change that most of the basic assumptions undergirding past and current U.S. policy are no longer viable. He urges a... MORE

The Future of Insurgency
December 1, 1993 — Author: Dr Steven Metz Security professionals and strategists are discovering the post-cold war world is as rife with persistent, low-level violence as its predecessors. In fact, many regions are experiencing a rise in the amount of conflict in the absence of restraints previously imposed by the superpowers. Since frustration in many parts of the... MORE