Gary Anderson

		

				 
  	
		 		

			

	Gary Anderson is a retired Marine Corps Colonel who served as a Special Advisor to the Deputy Secretary of Defense on Counterinsurgency from 2003-05. He served on an embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team in Iraq in 2009-10, and is currently an Adjunct Professor at the George Washington University Elliott School of International Relations.

			
		

		

	

	


  

  

  

      


  
  

    

    
  
  
      

      


  

    	  
  

                
Regarding Somalia: A False Narrative Persists

  

  
  

                
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Posted On August 9, 2011 03:31 PM | Comments(0)

  

  
  

                

	There is a popular narrative regarding Somalia that no successful humanitarian operation can be conducted there. Like all narratives, this one exists to tell a complex story in simple terms; as...


  

		  
  

                
The Closers Part VI: Dealing with the U.S. Military

  

  
  

                
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Posted On July 22, 2011 05:20 AM | Comments(0)

  

  
  

                
The Closers Part VI:
Dealing with the U.S. Military
by Colonel Gary Anderson
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Many of the civilians who gravitate to counterinsurgency (COIN)...


  

		  
  

                
Mentoring Host Nation Interagency Operations

  

  
  

                
 by Gary Anderson 

  

  
  

                
Posted On June 3, 2011 08:45 AM | Comments(0)

  

  
  

                
The Closers Part V:
Mentoring Host Nation Interagency Operations
by Colonel Gary Anderson
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Governments get in trouble when they...


  

	  





  

    	  
  

                
Civilians in the Build Phase

  

  
  

                
 by Gary Anderson 

  

  
  

                
Posted On May 9, 2011 08:48 AM | Comments(1)

  

  
  

                
The Closers, Part IV:
Civilians in the Build Phase
by Colonel Gary Anderson
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"You Americans should not leave. Iraqis are incapable of governing...


  

		  
  

                
Why France Will Finish Off Gaddafi

  

  
  

                
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Posted On April 21, 2011 09:38 AM | Comments(36)

  

  
  

                
Let's make something clear, the civil war in Libya will not end in a stalemate. The French will likely intervene with ground forces and topple the Gaddafi regime, and they will probably do it within...


  

		  
  

                
Civilians in the Hold Phase

  

  
  

                
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Posted On March 3, 2011 04:39 AM | Comments(0)

  

  
  

                
The Closers (Part III): 
Civilians in the Hold Phase
by Colonel Gary Anderson
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The second or "Hold" phase of a counterinsurgency will likely not...