Wednesday, 8 August 2018

When does Counterinsurgency work?

A troop of French soldiers confident in defeating the FLN in Algeria.
An Analysis of Counterinsurgency Campaigns after 1945, by Maryum Alam. Introduction: Insurgency and counterinsurgency, a particular form of asymmetric warfare in the international system, is not a new phenomenon. History is replete with examples of ethno nationalist armed groups challenging and defeating superior states for control over a given  territory. This study seeks an answer to a simple question: does counterinsurgency work, and if so, which counterinsurgency policies are associated with state success? 

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