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... H. Petraeus's conduct of the war, as well as the Army counterinsurgency doctrine he helped rewrite. General Petraeus will be ... recent criticisms by junior and mid-level officers of Army leadership's "lack of understanding of today's conflicts", a failure by that ...

Blog post - Nov 17 2007 - 2:12am - 16 comments - 0 attachments

... Counterinsurgency as a Whole of Government Approach: Notes on the British Army ... communities are quite different. Think how the Chinese leadership deals with disparate social communities in the Middle Kingdom... ...

Journal Article - Jan 26 2011 - 6:54am - 79 comments

... framework. Limited or Ineffective Governance (Leadership): Absolutely essential to the success of any venture is ... and national security forces and primarily emphasizes counterinsurgency . The Rule of Law is costly and requires an active ...

Journal Article - May 14 2012 - 4:42am - 61 comments

... Counterinsurgency Strategy Not Working in Afghanistan, Critics Say by David ... Pashtun populace within the FATA that support the Taliban leadership there. The key to the Ends provided by the President are in the ...

Blog post - Jan 12 2011 - 8:44am - 71 comments - 0 attachments

... important (in my opinion) consideration from our strategic leadership- latitude. If strategic guidance is unclear, they should not later ... in “Instruments of Statecraft: U.S. Guerilla Warfare, Counterinsurgency, and Counterterrorism, 1940-1990” available free online. ...

Journal Article - Aug 7 2011 - 12:30pm - 83 comments

... The Concept and Rationale in Summary Fundamentally I believe we have got ourselves into a difficult situation in Afghanistan ... politicians and business leaders to support our counterinsurgency efforts in the south and east of the country. This provides ... again. So I think having very clear direction and leadership from the top with the strategic actions that align with a clear ...

Journal Article - May 21 2012 - 5:48am - 29 comments

... experience on the ground at a PRT in Afghanistan. Does counterinsurgency work? Absolutely. I think counterinsurgency works ... individual-level lessons learned, or through simply good leadership that took a while to emerge. What makes an effective ...

Journal Article - May 11 2012 - 6:05am - 25 comments

... Philippine Counterinsurgency Strategy: Then and Now by Mike Fowler ... which continues to provide the senior Political and AFP leadership with very handsome retirement packages. As the Philippines has ...

Journal Article - Jan 18 2011 - 7:40am - 19 comments

... cause. Crucially, the CT command struggled to impose its leadership.  Because of the many difficulties adumbrated above, bi-annual ... Historical Lessons in gated/protected communities in counterinsurgency operations .) The protected villages ( kampongs ) served ...

Journal Article - Apr 16 2012 - 4:44am - 23 comments

... The Great Myth: Counterinsurgency - Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy in Focus. There are ... owners to take shallow readings of the tribal and village leadership structure nearly always led to failure in the areas I looked after. ...

Blog post - Jul 25 2010 - 4:27am - 47 comments - 0 attachments