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... Many Paths up the Mountain: Population-Centric COIN in Afghanistan by Major Nathan Springer Download the ... of governing and securing, then external forces (US, NATO, ISAF) should interdict and take charge temporarily. While that makes ...

Journal Article - May 25 2010 - 3:05pm - 60 comments

... Kilcullen (I): Here's What Not to Measure in a COIN Campaign - Tom Ricks at FP's Best Defense. When David ... eight years of the war (even those scripted by USAID and NATO, which has been trying to figure out workable metrics for multinational ...

Blog post - Feb 8 2010 - 2:36pm - 79 comments - 0 attachments

... COIN Toss: The Cult of Counterinsurgency - Michael Crowley, The New ... and expansion of the former Foreign Weapons Evaluation and NATO Comparative Test programs. All of which were Congressional initiatives ...

Blog post - Jan 4 2010 - 1:54pm - 89 comments - 0 attachments

... this as weakness or strength depending on what side of the coin you fall with respect to the amount of power our military holds. Either ... citizens, politicians, yada, yada, yada. I mean, look at NATO. Team NATO, World Police. That's the way the "thought leaders" in ye olde ...

Journal Article - Apr 5 2012 - 4:36am - 94 comments

... Braden Civins Download the Full Article: FM 3-24 COIN Manual Critique The U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field ... (not those who have no intention of being our allies). NATO invoked Article 5, collective self defense after the 9/11 attacks, so we ...

Journal Article - May 5 2011 - 9:01pm - 73 comments

... The War Over COIN by Max Boot at Commentary's Contentions. Boot discusses the ... or only just being addressed. For example: 1. NATO/ISAF forces have not been properly resourced until late in the piece in ...

Blog post - Sep 16 2010 - 12:47pm - 59 comments - 0 attachments

... Thinking Critically about COIN and Creatively about Strategy and War An Interview with Colonel ... factions are feeling new military pressure. American and NATO officials say these decisions by insurgent leaders are the result of ...

Journal Article - Dec 14 2010 - 8:37pm - 83 comments

... 2009 COL Gregory Wilson, Anatomy of a Successful COIN Operation: OEF-Philippines, and The Indirect Approach , Military Review, ... than ideological reasons. The study also suggested that NATO intelligence thought the figure could be as high as 95%. Right now ...

Journal Article - May 14 2012 - 4:42am - 62 comments

... Implementing COIN Doctrine in the Absence of a Legitimate State by David C. Ellis ... COIN approach may be appropriate and may even work while NATO maitains a large force contingent in country - who do we transition these ...

Journal Article - Oct 13 2010 - 2:39pm - 60 comments

... element that just needs to "get over it" and support our COIN/CT agenda. We risk triggering a nuclear war with our meddling, and need ... then the problem of what response is launched by India, NATO and even China to increasing jihadist activity will have to be sorted ...

Journal Article - Dec 2 2010 - 11:22pm - 120 comments