counterinsurgency

When the balloon goes up... A new look from an old tool.

Some great lessons for law enforcement, military, and intelligence professionals for countering street gangs of all stripes.

The Russian claim is that their counterinsurgency operations in Chechnya were successes: but at what cost?

In the final part of this series, Iraq expert Kirk Sowell shines a light on the country's murky foreign policy.

The Russian Federal forces enjoyed overwhelming superiority, yet were forced into a premature cease-fire in 1996 and suffered immense casualties.

Throughout its existence beginning in the early 1990s, ASG has waffled back and forth between criminality and terrorism. 

Understanding the great paradox of the U.S. military: the better our conventional capabilities, the more likely we are to face increasingly irregular and asymmetric threats.

Policy implications from Stathis Kalyvas’ concepts of attitudinal and behavioural support.

In assessing our “lessons learned” it is vital that the service look forward and not just retrospectively so it does not learn the wrong lessons. 

The prevalence of PTSD and mental disorders in weak and failed states is exacerbated by insurgencies, defying efforts break the cycle.