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The Insurgent Archipelago
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Author : John Mackinlay
language : en
Publisher: Hurst & Company
Release Date : 2009
The Insurgent Archipelago written by John Mackinlay and has been published by Hurst & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History, Modern categories.
nations habitually fail to understand the relevance of this phenomenon. In this light bin Laden's era is best understood as but one stage in the evolution of a global insurgency." "The territorial insurgencies of the 1960s are on the same trajectory as the global movements of tomorrow, while the shift to 'propaganda of the deed', suicide bombings, and acts of mass terrorism began several decades ago." "In conclusion Mackinlay asks why Western military and security staffs failed to anticipate these developments and discusses whether they will improve their game before the next chapter in the evolution of insurgency." --Book Jacket.
Insurgent Archipelago
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Author : John Mackinlay
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2012-08-28
Insurgent Archipelago written by John Mackinlay and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-28 with Political Science categories.
As a British Gurkha officer assigned to the jungle borders of North Borneo, John Mackinlay experienced firsthand the Maoist-style insurgencies of the 1950s and 1960s, and later in his career, as a scholar researching Muslim NGOs and preventative security, he witnessed the transformation of territorial, labor-intensive uprisings into the international networks of individuals and communities that operate across the world today. In this book, Mackinlay focuses on the situation in Afghanistan to see how threats from one theater of operation impact on us domestically in the UK and in the US. Mackinlay maps the transformation of insurgencies against the rapid modernisation of their origin cities, noting the ways in which technology has accelerated and complicated a variety of coalitions and the efforts to defeat them. Our current bin Laden era, Mackinlay argues, must be understood from a Maoist perspective of insurgency. The campaigns of mid-century are directly linked to the global movements of tomorrow, yet the past two decades of insurgent activity have also marked a new chapter in the practice, in which propaganda of the deed (ie, suicide bombings) has become centrally important. This shift presents new challenges to our traditional, time-honored response to terror and places a greater emphasis on mastering the virtual, cyber-based dimension of these campaigns. Mackinlay revisits the roots of global insurgencies, describes their nature and character, reveals the power of mass communications and grievance, and recommends how individual nations can counter these threats by focusing on domestic terrorism.
The Recurring Great Lakes Crisis
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Author : Jean-Pierre Chrétien
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
The Recurring Great Lakes Crisis written by Jean-Pierre Chrétien and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Ethnicity categories.
Since the early 1990s, the African Great Lakes region has experienced a series of traumas that have profoundly disrupted its geopolitical, economic, social, and demographic stability. Despite numerous peace accords, political compromises, and international interventions, the region has yet to eliminate the tensions that regularly manifest in hate and violence. Featuring contributions from historians, sociologists, anthropologists, and political scientists, this collection accounts for the omnipresent "metastases of hatred and violence" in the Great Lakes region. Through a series of detailed case studies, contributors outline the genealogy and historicity of violence in the region while remaining sensitive to the singular, contingent experiences of each country.
The Security Archipelago
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Author : Paul Amar
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2013-07-12
The Security Archipelago written by Paul Amar and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-12 with Political Science categories.
In The Security Archipelago, Paul Amar provides an alternative historical and theoretical framing of the refashioning of free-market states and the rise of humanitarian security regimes in the Global South by examining the pivotal, trendsetting cases of Brazil and Egypt. Addressing gaps in the study of neoliberalism and biopolitics, Amar describes how coercive security operations and cultural rescue campaigns confronting waves of resistance have appropriated progressive, antimarket discourses around morality, sexuality, and labor. The products of these struggles—including powerful new police practices, religious politics, sexuality identifications, and gender normativities—have traveled across an archipelago, a metaphorical island chain of what the global security industry calls "hot spots." Homing in on Cairo and Rio de Janeiro, Amar reveals the innovative resistances and unexpected alliances that have coalesced in new polities emerging from the Arab Spring and South America's Pink Tide. These have generated a shared modern governance model that he terms the "human-security state."
The Insurgent S Dilemma
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Author : David H. Ucko
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2022-06-01
The Insurgent S Dilemma written by David H. Ucko and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-01 with Political Science categories.
Despite attracting headlines and hype, insurgents rarely win. Even when they claim territory and threaten governmental writ, they typically face a military backlash too powerful to withstand. States struggle with addressing the political roots of such movements, and their military efforts mostly just "mow the grass," yet, for the insurgent, the grass is nonetheless mowed-and the armed project must start over. This is the insurgent's dilemma: the difficulty of asserting oneself, of violently challenging authority, and of establishing sustainable power. In the face of this dilemma, some insurgents are learning new ways to ply their trade. With subversion, spin and disinformation claiming centre stage, insurgency is being reinvented, to exploit the vulnerabilities of our times and gain new strategic salience for tomorrow. As the most promising approaches are refined and repurposed, what we think of as counterinsurgency will also need to change. The Insurgent's Dilemma explores three particularly adaptive strategies and their implications for response. These emerging strategies target the state where it is weak and sap its power, sometimes without it noticing. There are options for response, but fresh thinking is urgently needed-about society, legitimacy and political violence itself.
The Malay Muslim Insurgency In Southern Thailand Understanding The Conflict S Evolving Dynamic
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Author : Peter Chalk
language : en
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Release Date : 2008-06-10
The Malay Muslim Insurgency In Southern Thailand Understanding The Conflict S Evolving Dynamic written by Peter Chalk and has been published by Rand Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-10 with Political Science categories.
Current unrest in the Malay-Muslim provinces of southern Thailand has captured growing national, regional, and international attention due to the heightened tempo and scale of rebel attacks, the increasingly jihadist undertone that has come to characterize insurgent actions, and the central government's often brutal handling of the situation on the ground. This paper assesses the current situation and its probable direction.
The Political Impossibility Of Modern Counterinsurgency
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Author : M.L.R. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2015-05-19
The Political Impossibility Of Modern Counterinsurgency written by M.L.R. Smith and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-19 with Political Science categories.
The counterinsurgency (COIN) paradigm dominates military and political conduct in contemporary Western strategic thought. It assumes future wars will unfold as "low intensity" conflicts within rather than between states, requiring specialized military training and techniques. COIN is understood as a logical, effective, and democratically palatable method for confronting insurgency—a discrete set of practices that, through the actions of knowledgeable soldiers and under the guidance of an expert elite, creates lasting results. Through an extensive investigation into COIN's theories, methods, and outcomes, this book undermines enduring claims about COIN's success while revealing its hidden meanings and effects. Interrogating the relationship between counterinsurgency and war, the authors question the supposed uniqueness of COIN's attributes and try to resolve the puzzle of its intellectual identity. Is COIN a strategy, a doctrine, a theory, a military practice, or something else? Their analysis ultimately exposes a critical paradox within COIN: while it ignores the vital political dimensions of war, it is nevertheless the product of a misplaced ideological faith in modernization.
Dirty Wars
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Author : Dr Simon Robbins
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2016-10-06
Dirty Wars written by Dr Simon Robbins and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-06 with History categories.
'Who is the enemy?' This is the question most asked in modern warfare; gone are the set-piece conventional battles of the past. Once seen as secondary to more traditional conflicts, irregular warfare (as modified and refashioned since the 1990s) now presents a major challenge to the state and the bureaucratic institutions which have dominated the twentieth century, and to the politicians and civil servants who formulate policy. Twenty-first-century conflict is dominated by counterinsurgency operations, where the enemy is almost indistinguishable from innocent civilians. Battles are gunfights in jungles, deserts and streets; winning 'hearts and minds' is as important as holding territory. From struggles in South Africa, the Philippines and Ireland to operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Chechnya, this book covers the strategy and doctrine of counterinsurgency, and the factors which ensure whether such operations are successful or not. Recent ignorance of central principles and the emergence of social media, which has shifted the odds in favour of the insurgent, have too often resulted in failure, leaving governments and their security forces embedded in a hostile population, immersed in costly and dangerous nation-building.
Democracy And Security In The 21st Century
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Author : Valentin Naumescu
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2014-04-11
Democracy And Security In The 21st Century written by Valentin Naumescu and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-11 with Political Science categories.
At a time when even the foundations and pre-eminence of the Western order are called into question by both the weaknesses of the transatlantic partnership and the spectacular rise of the Asia-Pacific region, suggesting a switch to a post-Atlantic order, the contributors to this volume provide specific answers to present-day interrogations pertaining to various processes of transformation. This book offers multidisciplinary perspectives on political, economic, social, technological and cultural dimensions of change, and proposes various possible responses to current global and regional challenges.
War Will And Warlords
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Government Printing Office
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War Will And Warlords written by and has been published by Government Printing Office this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with History categories.
Compares the reasons for and the responses to the insurgencies in Afghanistan and Pakistan since October 2001. Also examines the lack of security and the support of insurgent groups in Afghanistan and Pakistan since the 1970s that explain the rise of the Pakistan-supported Taliban. Explores the border tribal areas between the two countries and how they influence regional stability and U.S. security. Explains the implications of what happened during this 10-year period to provide candid insights on the prospects and risks associated with bringing a durable stability to this area of the world.