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Small Wars & Insurgencies, 2023 In this paper, we argue that the current insurgency and counterinsurgency discourse is dominated by concepts that are too narrow and too isolated from the wider civil war literature within which insurgency and counterinsurgency occur.
M. Skjelderup, Mukhtar Ainashe
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Small Wars & Insurgencies, 2022 Over the last six years, the P/CVE agenda has emphasized the need of preventative measures to augment kinetic counterterrorism security approaches. Based on field research in Kenya in 2019, this article analyzes the ‘police power’ of P/CVE, which compels
Elizabeth Mesok
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Fulani-Dogon Killings in Mali: Farmer-Herder Conflicts as Insurgency and Counterinsurgency
, 2021 Violent clashes between Fulani and Dogon have recently escalated in the Seeno plains in central Mali. After failing to defeat a “jihadist” insurgency dominated by Fulani, the Malian army has sponsored and trained a Dogon militia, which has systematically
T. A. Benjaminsen, B. Ba
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What Sustains Wars: Will to Fight Versus Military Might. [PDF]
Ann N Y Acad SciThis essay examines how psychosocial forces shape will to fight through the Devoted Actor Framework (DAF). Devoted actors, bound by sacred, non‐negotiable ideals and fused group identities, pursue a quest for ontological significance that sustains conflict beyond material incentives.
Atran S.
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Closing the Transition Gap: The Rule of Law Imperative in Stabilization Environments [PDF]
, 2011 Using Afghanistan as a case study, examines strategic and moral aspects of establishing effective rule of law institutions to prevent and punish corruption following interventions; implications, such as for counterinsurgency efforts, and ...
Brock Dahl
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Addressing the Paradox: Counterinsurgency, Human Rights and Women in Northeast Nigeria
Age of Human Rights Journal, 2020 Counterinsurgency (COIN) operations often result in widespread human rights violations because COIN operations are usually premised on the erroneous assumption of irreconcilable tension between human rights and national security. By reviewing narratives
David Ibukun
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The Experience of Counterinsurgency Operations Should not be Forgotten
Vojenské rozhledy, 2016 On the introduction, the article focuses on clarifying the place and role of counterinsurgency in current military operations. It also deals with the principles of counterinsurgency and their doctrinal comparison within some advanced armies and the NATO.
Roman Kopřiva
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, 2021 In the context of an increased use of commercial soldiers in high-end conflict, this article investigates how the Nigerian government's reliance on the global market for force has helped its efforts to counter Boko Haram.
C. Kinsey, A. Krieg
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Governing “decadent cities”: The far-right as agents of climate counterinsurgency
Nordia Geographical Publications, 2023 Ecological crisis has given rise to a range of discussions over “climate fascism,” “green nationalism,” “fossil fascism,” and “eco-fascism.” Several authors have advanced the thesis that climate adaptation will be shaped by an increase in authoritarian ...
Diren Valayden
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Defected and loyal? A case study of counter-defection mechanisms inside Chechen paramilitaries [PDF]
, 2018 Can former insurgents in the service of counterinsurgent paramilitaries be considered a perfectly loyal force? What mechanisms may help to deter subsequent defections of individuals who have already “betrayed” once?
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