Mindanao: A Community-based Approach to Counterinsurgency
Over the past several years, U.S. Government agencies have been revising their thinking on counterinsurgency and stability operations. Despite recent doctrine and guidance about better ways to end con"ict and promote lasting peace, however, something has been missing from the dialogue: a successful model of reintegration and economic growth in an Islamic insurgency that has taken combatants off the battle!eld permanently.
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11 августа 2010
War in Complex Environments: The Technological Dimension
Unlike Caesar’s Gaul, this article consists not of three parts but of !ve. The !rst explains how advancing military technology has contributed to military stalemate among the world’s most important states. The second deals with the progress of military technology from 1945 on.
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11 августа 2010
Military Planning Systems and Stability Operations
On September 21, 2009, the Washington Post published an article entitled “McChrystal: More Forces or ‘Mission Failure.’”1 The basis for the piece was a leaked copy of General Stanley McChrystal’s “Commander’s Initial Assessment,” dated August 30, 2009.
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11 августа 2010