Is COIN Dead?
Mark Safranski, aka Zenpundit, asks “is counterinsurgency dead?“.
“By that, I mean contemporary, mid-2000’s “pop-centric” COIN theory as expressed in FM 3-24 – is it de facto dead as USG policy or is COIN theory formally evolved to officially embrace strong elements of CT, targeted assassinations, FID, “open-source counterinsurgency” and even bare-knuckled conventional warfare tactics?”
What say you?