Peacebuilding and Counterinsurgency
SWJ friend and Advisory Board member Dr. David Ucko has a new post up at Kings of War entitled Peacebuilding and Counterinsurgency: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
BLUF: “…the recollection of the ‘easier’ operations of the 1990s, and of the principles derived from these experiences, is deeply flawed and that the requirements for effective third-party engagement in war-to-peace transitions will, whatever we call them, reproduce many of the challenges and requirements encountered in Afghanistan and Iraq. Problematically, these requirements and challenges tend to exceed the ambition and desire to intervene of most European nations.”
The post is an offshoot of a recent article, Peace-building after Afghanistan: Between Promise and Peril, by Dr. Ucko that was published in Contemporary Security Policy.
