Narco-Drones: A New Way to Transport Drugs
A narcotrafficking technique first used in Mexico now expands to other countries in Central and South America.
Colombia
The Circum-Caribbean (Bolivarian-Grenadine) War - Early 2017 Review
This paper updates and expands upon an essay published in Small Wars Journal in 2014. Some of the text from the 2014 essay has been left intact as still operative.
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Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 3: Brazilian Gangs and Colombian BACRIM Recruit Demobilized FARC Commandos
SWJED
Tue, 05/16/2017 - 8:38am
The aftermath of Colombia’s long FARC insurgency has left a criminal power vacuum.
Mapping the Pursuit of a ‘Combination of All Forms of Struggle’: How Colombia’s Peace Agreement Complements the FARC’s Political Strategy
SWJED
Sun, 02/19/2017 - 6:36pm
By mapping the historical development of FARC’s political agenda, this paper addresses how the 2016 Peace Agreement supports facets of the FARC’s political strategy.
Truth, Reconciliation and the Laws of War in Colombia
This paper offers a perspective on the use of Law of Armed Conflict standards vice Criminal Law standards in the context of Columbia's conflict with the FARC and current reconciliation efforts.
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BACRIM in Colombia
BACRIM in Colombia: Security Micro-Ecosystems and Violent Non-State Actor Fragmentation
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Colombian Cartel Tactical Note #1
Colombian Cartel Tactical Note #1: The Evolution of ‘Narco-Submarines’ Engineering
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Translating Lessons Learned in Colombia and Other Wars Among the People: Confronting the Spectrum of 21st Century Conflict
We Americans tend to invent for ourselves a comfortable U.S.-centric vision with an enemy who looks and acts more or less as we do, and a situation in which the fighting is done by conventional military units.
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Succeeding in Afghanistan
If we ignore village life – or try to bend it to our view of what it should be – we will fail in Afghanistan as we did in Vietnam.
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Aligning FM 3-24 Counterinsurgency with Reality
The “U.S. in the Lead” COIN approach usually fails where security force assistance could succeed.