| 单词 | counterinsurgency |
| 例句 | “Dawn” was a wishful parable of decolonization and counterinsurgency, concerned with the competing but equally legitimate claims of two tribes occupying adjacent territory. Review: New ‘Planet of the Apes’ Makes You Root Against Your Species 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z McMahon, clinging to his faith in the dubious doctrines of counterinsurgency, chases after an illusory victory that his allies, colleagues and bosses don’t really believe in any more. Review: ‘War Machine’: Brad Pitt Has Met the Enemy. He Just Doesn’t Know It Yet. 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Gui Zhuang, his son, also a painter of bamboo, took up more positive forms of activism, simultaneously organizing a counterinsurgency and excoriating the old regime for having so miserably failed the Chinese people. Art Review: ?The Art of Dissent in 17th-Century China? at the Met Museum - Review 2011-09-08T22:36:02Z Moyn also shows how talk of “peace” and “humanity” was so often limited to a trans-Atlantic conversation “among white people,” while counterinsurgencies and colonial wars against racialized others were conducted with unbridled cruelty. The Dangers of Making War Less Dangerous 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z The United States military's counterinsurgency campaign in the Korengal accomplished nothing, or less than nothing. "Restrepo" vs. "The Hurt Locker" 2010-07-01T19:39:00Z Obama made clear that he was not embracing an open-ended commitment to counterinsurgency. America’s war mistakes 2012-06-16T20:00:00Z The heart of the book describes the “surge,” the new United States counterinsurgency strategy that helped reverse the course of the war in 2007-8. Books of The Times: ‘Endgame’ and Iraq, by Michael Gordon and Bernard Trainor 2012-10-01T21:50:41Z “I have a ‘Front Page of The Washington Post’ rule,” he told attendees at a counterinsurgency field manual workshop in 2006. Books of The Times: ‘The Insurgents,’ About David Petraeus, by Fred Kaplan 2012-12-26T23:24:35Z From the early 1980s he ran the police counterinsurgency unit which hunted down those the state wanted to eliminate. Portraying a mass murderer on stage 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z You argue that political and military factors led Obama to adopt a middle ground between counterterrorism and counterinsurgency. America’s war mistakes 2012-06-16T20:00:00Z Through the fronds of jungle vegetation, the subtitled Tagalog and the affectionately noted Filipino customs, “Amigo” invites you to contemplate other, more recently contested landscapes of counterinsurgency. | 'Amigo': The Cause Is Familiar, but the War Is Less So 2011-08-18T21:30:06Z As so often with counterinsurgencies, Britain won the battle but lost the war. Making of a martyr 2014-05-01T04:00:00Z “Lioness” chronicles one all-female unit that was involved in some of the heaviest counterinsurgencies battles of the Iraq War. Top 5 investigative videos of the week: Inside the smog capital of the world 2013-03-30T17:00:00Z His doctoral research concerns the American military, specifically how being good at fighting conventional wars has made it more difficult to secure victory in counterinsurgency campaigns. Lauren Allison, David Minchin 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z But under the Pentagon’s often incoherent counterinsurgency doctrine he was serving time as a provisional grunt, and going out on patrols. Love’s Road Home 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z The small wars envisioned in the counterinsurgency doctrine are, after all, still wars. Books of The Times: ‘The Tender Soldier’ Examines the U.S. Counterinsurgency Strategy 2013-08-27T20:58:37Z Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the commander in Afghanistan who led the charge for a surge and for a shift in counterinsurgency strategy in 2009-2010 at the onset of the Obama administration. “War Machine” reveals the mentality behind America’s longest war — and the maddest of them all 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z As outlined in the doctrine, counterinsurgency was to be a rigorously nuanced sort of warfare. Books of The Times: ‘The Tender Soldier’ Examines the U.S. Counterinsurgency Strategy 2013-08-27T20:58:37Z Even after counterinsurgency began to be codified and taught, it was a source of confusion for junior officers unfamiliar with its ways of utilizing Iraqis and later Afghans, not fighting them at every turn. Books of The Times: ‘The Insurgents,’ About David Petraeus, by Fred Kaplan 2012-12-26T23:24:35Z That point is central to “The Insurgents,” a very readable, thoroughly reported account of how, in American military circles, “counterinsurgency” became a policy instead of a dirty word. Books of The Times: ‘The Insurgents,’ About David Petraeus, by Fred Kaplan 2012-12-26T23:24:35Z And the White House's troop commitment was coupled with a pledge to begin bringing them home in July 2011, in what counterinsurgency strategists advising McChrystal regarded as an arbitrary deadline. White House summons US general to explain himself 2010-06-22T12:12:00Z In a particularly timely passage, he ties the militarization of policing in the United States to counterinsurgency tactics deployed, thanks to U.S. aid and training, by El Salvador during the civil war. A Salvadoran-American Assembles the Fragments of a Violent Cultural History 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z “What Arab state is going to volunteer to do counterinsurgency against Palestinians in Gaza?” asked Aaron David Miller of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, who worked on Arab-Israeli negotiations for more than two decades. Column: Biden and Blinken are planning for 'the day after' war in Gaza ends. Make that years after 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z It could reoccupy the territory and try to uproot Hamas, in what would surely be a long and bloody counterinsurgency. What was Hamas thinking? For over three decades, it has had the same brutal idea of victory 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Violent armed insurrections, brutal counterinsurgency, unparalleled militarization and securitization, and unfulfilled demands for self-determination have fueled depression and drugs in the disputed region, experts say. AP photos of Kashmir’s mental health clinics show the invisible scars of decades of conflict 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z And some brigades are trying to fight with vehicles better suited to fighting a counterinsurgency in the deserts of the Middle East than the Russian Army in the lush forests of Ukraine. Tuesday Briefing: Elite Chinese Generals Ousted 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z For example, most historians agree that Mexico’s “Dirty War” - a counterinsurgency effort by Mexican soldiers and police against leftist rebels - ran from about 1965 to 1995. In Mexico, accusations of ‘communism’ and ‘fascism’ mark school textbook debate 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z For example, most historians agree that Mexico’s “Dirty War” — a counterinsurgency effort by Mexican soldiers and police against leftist rebels — ran from about 1965 to 1995. In Mexico, accusations of ‘communism’ and ‘fascism’ mark school textbook debate 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z In particular, they pointed to American MaxxPros, armored vehicles that were designed for fighting a counterinsurgency rather than facing the firepower of the Russian Army. ‘It’s Not a Sprint,’ Ukraine’s Marines Insist. ‘It’s a Marathon.’ 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z France, the United States, Germany and Italy have troops in Niger on counterinsurgency and training missions, helping the army to fight groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State. US prepares to evacuate some embassy staff, families from Niger 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z But the Indian Army’s chief of defense staff said the “situation in Manipur has nothing to do with counterinsurgency and is primarily a clash between two ethnicities.” Could Ethnic Conflict in India Become an Issue Modi Cannot Ignore? 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z And so began a long, hot summer of inquisition into, and counterinsurgency against, the Black Lives Matter movement. The makings of an American inquisition 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z Runoffs have become common in Guatemala since peace accords in 1996 ended an internal conflict that lasted 36 years and was marked by brutal counterinsurgency tactics that resulted in genocide against Indigenous people. Guatemala Picks a New President: What You Need to Know 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z Ellsberg, a Harvard-educated Midwesterner with a Ph.D. in economics, was a military analyst at the Rand Corp. and a consultant for the State Department, which dispatched him to Saigon in 1965 to assess counterinsurgency efforts. This week’s passages 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Gen. Edward G. Lansdale, the counterinsurgency expert, and for 18 months accompanied combat patrols into the jungles and villages. Daniel Ellsberg, Who Leaked the Pentagon Papers, Is Dead at 92 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z During two decades of the United States’ muddled counterinsurgency wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, portable toilets strewn across the constellation of bases were a focal point of wartime musings. ‘It Doesn’t Count as a War Crime if You Had Fun’: Inside the Minds of Some Russian Soldiers 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z “This particular situation in Manipur has nothing to do with counterinsurgency and is primarily a clash between two ethnicities,” he said. A Rising India Is Also, in One Remote Pocket, a Blood-Soaked War Zone 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z India replied with a brutal counterinsurgency campaign, and tens of thousands of civilians, soldiers and rebels have been killed in the conflict. G20 delegates begin meeting in disputed Kashmir, with region’s intense security largely out of view 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z The camps house members of the Muslim Rohingya minority who lost their homes in a brutal 2017 counterinsurgency campaign led by Myanmar security forces. Myanmar and Bangladesh begin cleaning up, counting casualties after devastating Cyclone Mocha 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z Chinese anti-ship ballistic missiles, if positioned in the Pacific islands, could stop United States and Australian navy movement, University of NSW professor David Kilcullen, a former special advisor on counterinsurgency to the U.S. Exclusive: Biden to sign defence pact in Papua New Guinea, with eyes on China 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z In the early 1960s in Vietnam, he helped train local counterinsurgency units in South Vietnam and Laos that proved loyal but insufficient against the North Vietnamese. Billy Waugh, veteran who tracked Carlos the Jackal for CIA, dies at 93 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z The general’s military experience has included serving as inspector general of the armed forces, and leading a notoriously brutal counterinsurgency operations against rebels in the western Darfur region in the 2000s. What We Know About the Fighting in Sudan 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z A quietly confident all-American halfback with a sharp intellect and quick reflexes, Davis was drawn by President John F. Kennedy’s vision of the Special Forces as a sort of counterinsurgency dream team. Decades later, Black Army officer receives Medal of Honor 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z The Russians would be facing a massive counterinsurgency inside of Ukraine. "Putin shows no sign of stopping": One year later, massive death toll 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z “They have certain capabilities and are actually combat experienced after decades of counterinsurgency,” said Grant Newsham, a retired U.S. Defense Secretary Austin’s trip fuels talks of bigger U.S. military presence in Philippines 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z That community has, for months, bemoaned the alleged incapacity of Western armorers — conditioned to supplying militaries fighting low-intensity counterinsurgencies — to feed Ukraine’s hunger for war material on an industrial scale. Seoul comes under pressure to arm Kyiv 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z The German complaint also comes more than five years after the brutal 2017 counterinsurgency operation Myanmar’s security forces carried out against the country’s Muslim Rohingya minority. Rights group files suit in Germany against Myanmar military 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z The army is engaged in brutal large-scale counterinsurgency operations in the countryside, while authorities also contend with urban guerrillas who target people and institutions associated with the ruling military. Army in strife-torn Myanmar lifts curfew for New Year’s Eve 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z “The rebel groups’ ability to escalate attacks despite reinforcements to counterinsurgency operations indicates their strength.” ‘Tired of this war’: Congolese cope with M23 rebel violence 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z During his government’s counterinsurgency campaign, dozens of civilians died in extrajudicial killings at the hands of death squads that prosecutors said Mr. Fujimori had created. What We Know About the Political Turmoil in Peru 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z For a lot of the time this was about counterinsurgency, as also in Iraq and Afghanistan. Putin's massive mistake: Lawrence Freedman on Ukraine and the lessons of history 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Many of the junta’s airstrikes have been carried out by Yak-130 jets, two-seater planes originally designed to train pilots but used in Myanmar and elsewhere for counterinsurgency operations. Using Russian aircraft, Myanmar steps up strikes against rebels 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z The spate of killings come as Indian troops have continued their counterinsurgency operations across the region amid a clampdown on dissent and press freedom, which critics have likened to a militaristic policy. Assailants fatally shoot Hindu man in Kashmir 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z And with both militaries often in uniform, identifying combatants is far easier than it was during the murky counterinsurgency conflicts of the last two decades in places like Iraq or Afghanistan. A Frontline Mystery: Was He Scouting for Firewood, or for Russia? 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z On land, the radiation effects “would be very persistent,” said Michael G. Vickers, the Pentagon’s former top civilian official for counterinsurgency strategy. Russia’s Small Nuclear Arms: A Risky Option for Putin and Ukraine Alike 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Tens of thousands of Gurkhas now serve in the Indian army, including in counterinsurgency operations in the Himalayan territory of Kashmir and the northeastern states. Nepal seeks to pause recruitment of Gurkhas into Indian army under 'Agnipath' plan 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Army Special Forces unit trained in counterinsurgency—the military suppression of rebel and nationalist groups in foreign nations. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The spate of killings this year come as Indian troops have continued their counterinsurgency operations across the region amid a clampdown on dissent and press freedom, which critics have likened to a militaristic policy. Suspected militants fatally shoot local Hindu in Kashmir 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z In his new role, Commander Eggers was expected to raise sharp, fundamental questions about the U.S. approach to Afghanistan just as the United States was considering a far more expansive counterinsurgency plan. Last Days in Afghanistan: 8 Americans Reflect on the U.S. Withdrawal 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z A reinforcement of soldiers and counterinsurgency police encircled the camp as the fighting raged inside, officials said. Police say rebels storm India army camp in Kashmir, 5 killed 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z Here is David Kilcullen, an expert on counterinsurgency and military strategy, from my conversation with him for Salon in November 2020: Doomsday? Nearly half of "strong Republicans" believe it's almost time for armed violence 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z The military regime has faced a national uprising, both armed and civil, since the coup and has not hesitated to kill as part of its counterinsurgency campaign. Opinion | Even by the Myanmar junta’s standards these four executions are cruel 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z But Berger is running a risk that, by focusing so heavily on China, the Marine Corps could be ill-prepared for a future counterinsurgency conflict such as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Opinion | The top Marine faces unprecedented opposition. He says that’s ‘positive.’ 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z He had fought in Iraq with the SEALs and served on President George W. Bush’s national security staff, work that left him uncertain about whether a counterinsurgency in Afghanistan “was biting off too much.” Last Days in Afghanistan: 8 Americans Reflect on the U.S. Withdrawal 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z The new president is the son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, whose counterinsurgency program was known for killings, torture and disappearances of suspected rebels, left-wing activists and their supporters. Rebel land mine wounds 7 soldiers in central Philippines 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z The situation has since worsened with India’s aggressive counterinsurgency operations leading to an uptick in gunfights between rebels and Indian troops. In Kashmir, ‘conscious music’ tests India’s limits on speech 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z But the agency’s expertise in training is in counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations, former intelligence officials say. Commando Network Coordinates Flow of Weapons in Ukraine, Officials Say 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z The U.S. military focused on fighting counterinsurgency wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for two decades, de-emphasizing artillery warfare and using artillery batteries as infantry units in counterinsurgency operations. Russia targeted Ukrainian ammunition to weaken Kyiv on the battlefield 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z “We found ourselves inadvertently, or perhaps inevitably, in a counterinsurgency campaign, when we should have been in a counterterrorist campaign,” Mr. Eggers said. Last Days in Afghanistan: 8 Americans Reflect on the U.S. Withdrawal 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z In the mid-1960s he was recruited to the Stanford Research Institute, which had connections to the Defense Department, and was assigned to work on counterinsurgency projects in Thailand. David C. MacMichael, CIA whistleblower under Reagan, dies at 93 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z It unleashed a brutal counterinsurgency campaign, and soldiers were given broad impunity and allowed to shoot suspects on sight or detain them indefinitely. Indian court sentences Kashmiri leader to life in prison 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z So very quickly, they turn the Bureau of Investigation into a counterinsurgency force tracking down the magonistas. Kelly Lytle Hernández on the hidden history of the magonistas, the intertwined rise of policing 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z By 2020, the Baluch insurgency had been greatly weakened by years of counterinsurgency operations, rifts among separatist groups, fatigue and government incentives for the militants to lay down their weapons. Rising Violence by Separatists Adds to Pakistan’s Lethal Instability 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z The U.S. military may also need to transition, in strategic and tactical terms, from counterinsurgency operations back to potentially fighting conventional land wars in Europe and elsewhere. Author Colin Clarke on Russia's disaster in Ukraine — and what happens next 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z For example, his base and the Joint Readiness Training Center in Louisiana both shifted to counterinsurgency training during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. US Army using lessons from Ukraine war to aid own training 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z “In our democracy, there is no room for vigilante justice, or mob rule, or counterinsurgency.” Former Va. officer convicted on all counts in the 2nd Jan. 6 jury trial 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z “There just historically has always been a reluctance to broaden these conflicts to surrounding nations,” said Bruce Hoffman, a counterinsurgency expert and a professor at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service. Would Putin Strike NATO Supply Lines to Ukraine? History Suggests No. 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z Two years later, he was convicted of human rights violations for the extrajudicial killings of 25 civilians by death squads during his government’s counterinsurgency campaign. Peru’s Top Court Reinstates Pardon for Former President Alberto Fujimori 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z The focus for the past 20 years has been on Central Command and, exactly as you said, on counterinsurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan. Author Colin Clarke on Russia's disaster in Ukraine — and what happens next 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z “Whether operating in conventional or counterinsurgency environments, very few other military units possess the combination of overwhelming firepower, survivability, mobility and versatility that tanks do.” Tanking? Russia’s struggles raise new questions over armored advantage 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Viewed in hindsight, my escalation of our military involvement in Vietnam, that distant "frontier" of the Cold War — thousands of U.S. troops test-driving the latest counterinsurgency theories — wasn't exactly the Best and Brightest's best idea. Reflections from the Netherworld 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z Myanmar’s army has a reputation for using arson as one of its tactics in counterinsurgency operations. Myanmar villagers say army troops burned 400 houses 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z The era of counterinsurgency wars, along with the doctrine and equipment to support them, is over for the Marines. Opinion | The Marines are establishing a beachhead for needed change at the Pentagon 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z As the U.S. extricates itself from these counterinsurgencies and withdraws from Afghanistan and Iraq, it is somewhat similar to what happened after Vietnam. Author Colin Clarke on Russia's disaster in Ukraine — and what happens next 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z “Having a counterinsurgency operation conducted by our local police department in our own community is bonkers,” especially given that the officers weaponized a group later involved in the U.S. Seattle police improperly faked radio chatter about Proud Boys as CHOP formed in 2020, investigation finds 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z When we think about the Justice Department’s battle in that way — as a counterinsurgency — we realize the dangers of overly zealous tactics. Opinion | The gears of justice can grind down the forces of insurrection 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z When U.S. troops were poised on the border of Iraq in 2003, U.S. officials didn’t consider the grinding, enervating war of counterinsurgency that lay ahead. Opinion | The Biden administration weighs backing Ukraine insurgents if Russia invades 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z Once, Marja was the site of one of the biggest battles of the two-decade war, part of the United States’ counterinsurgency campaign to weaken the Taliban and build up a local government. Once a Symbol of U.S. Strength, an Afghan District Now Faces Dire Times 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z I hope we learn from 20 years of counterinsurgency: What we did right, what we did wrong and how to avoid that. Author Colin Clarke on Russia's disaster in Ukraine — and what happens next 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z The awards come as the administration pivots away from 20 years of counterinsurgency wars, and four months after a chaotic and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan in which some Americans and Afghan partners were left behind. Biden to award three Medals of Honor for combat actions in Iraq, Afghanistan 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z People in Nagaland have frequently accused security forces of wrongly targeting innocent locals in counterinsurgency operations against rebel groups under the Armed Forces Powers Act. Indians mistakenly killed by security forces to receive last rites 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z A possible renewed flash point over Ukraine, which is not a member of NATO, comes as the Biden administration hopes to shift its security focus from counterinsurgency to competition with China and Russia. Tensions with Russia loom over NATO talks 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Considered the last Taliban stronghold in central Helmand, Marja was a strategically important district in the eyes of military planners, who decided a victory there would be crucial to Mr. Obama’s new counterinsurgency strategy. Once a Symbol of U.S. Strength, an Afghan District Now Faces Dire Times 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z Since coming to power in Afghanistan three months ago, the Taliban have been waging a counterinsurgency campaign, vowing to put down the threat from IS. Taliban: Bomb hits mosque in Afghanistan, wounds at least 15 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z The court actions stem from the Myanmar military’s harsh counterinsurgency campaign against the Rohingya in August 2017 in response to an insurgent attack. UN investigator: Crimes against humanity under Myanmar junta 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z The first clash erupted following a raid by soldiers and counterinsurgency police in the Imamsahab area of southern Shopian district, police said. Indian troops kill 5 suspected militants in Kashmir fighting 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z It could also allow U.S. politicians to deliver on promises to end counterinsurgency engagements on Europe’s perimeter, such as those that have occurred in Syria and Libya. Blinken meets Macron as countries seek to repair relations following clash over submarine deal 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Three years ago, I took command of Pacific Air Forces in Hawaii, about as far removed from counterinsurgency warfare as possible. Opinion | The Air Force is moving to confront China’s threat to our national security 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z The only structures of comparable size in the area are the military bases squatting on the banks of the Brahmaputra, a reminder of India’s brutal counterinsurgency operations in Assam. ‘They Are Manufacturing Foreigners’: How India Disenfranchises Muslims 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z The combat aircraft that Nigeria and Niger are using to fight the group, Page said, are “not effective counterinsurgency tools.” After initially denying responsibility, Nigeria’s air force admits to strike in area where civilians were reported killed 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z In a separate clash on Tuesday, two suspected militants were killed inside an apple orchard during a counterinsurgency operation in the village of Feeripora, also in southern Shopian district, police said. Indian troops kill 5 suspected militants in Kashmir fighting 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z “Protecting the people is the mission. The conflict will be won by persuading the population, not by destroying the enemy,” McChrystal wrote in a counterinsurgency directive. Algeria to Afghanistan: Our reporter’s dispatches from the front lines of the 9/11 wars 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z A counterterrorism mission is more sustainable than a counterinsurgency mission. Opinion | Biden is embracing a redefinition of war — but not an alternative to war 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Sinha, a former army general, was appointed governor of Assam and charged with overseeing counterinsurgency operations. ‘They Are Manufacturing Foreigners’: How India Disenfranchises Muslims 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z A Washington Post investigation of that day’s events reveals the use of counterinsurgency tactics, specialized military units and military-grade weaponry against civilian protesters — resulting in a high number of casualties. How Myanmar’s military terrorized its people with weapons of war Similar violence was later extended against Filipinos in the country’s first overseas imperial counterinsurgency. Opinion | America Is Giving the World a Disturbing New Kind of War 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z We saw a mission of counterterrorism in Afghanistan, getting the terrorists to stop the attacks, morph into a counterinsurgency, nation building, trying to create a democratic, cohesive and united Afghanistan. Transcript of Biden’s Speech on the U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z In conducting this continuing, over-the-horizon war on terrorism, what is the most likely event that would draw the United States back into a war of invasion, occupation and counterinsurgency? Opinion | Biden is embracing a redefinition of war — but not an alternative to war 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z For the American forces on the ground the final weeks of the war, the task at hand wasn’t a presence patrol, or counterinsurgency operations or clear-hold-build or nation-building. In Afghanistan, an Unceremonious End, and a Shrouded Beginning 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z To fight a counterinsurgency, American troops and officials often sought support from tribal leaders enmeshed in the opium trade. The Taliban says it wants to ban drugs in Afghanistan. Here's why it can't 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z All-female groups, known as lioness teams and later as female engagement teams or cultural support teams, were key to counterinsurgency campaigns that long ignored what could be learned from female civilians on the battlefield. Deaths of 2 Marines in Kabul underscore the evolving roles of women in the military 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z But Biden became a more vocal skeptic when President Barack Obama doubled down on Bush’s counterinsurgency policy at the beginning of his term. Analysis | Biden’s claim that nation-building in Afghanistan ‘never made any sense to me’ 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z Biden may be embracing an alternative to counterinsurgency operations, but he is not adopting an alternative to war. Opinion | Biden is embracing a redefinition of war — but not an alternative to war 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z He advocated for a policy of counterterrorism, not one of counterinsurgency that military advisers were recommending. Analysis | Will the chaotic and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan be Biden’s defining moment? 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z On Monday, a team of 10 counterinsurgency police dressed in civilian clothes fatally shot the chief of The Resistance Front rebel group and his deputy in the region’s main city of Srinagar, officials said. Indian troops kill 2 rebel commanders, 3 others in Kashmir 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z In his extraordinary speech defending his actions Monday, Biden made this very clear, distinguishing the “counterterrorism” that the United States reserves the right to conduct from the “counterinsurgency or nation-building” that it is giving up. Perspective | Biden pulled troops out of Afghanistan. He didn’t end the ‘forever war.’ 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z But perhaps Bush is referring to the counterinsurgency strategy in the later years of his presidency. Analysis | Biden’s claim that nation-building in Afghanistan ‘never made any sense to me’ 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z “Every data point was altered to present the best picture possible,” Bob Crowley, senior counterinsurgency adviser in Afghanistan, told government investigators. Opinion | Here’s why the U.S. national security apparatus keeps producing failures 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z The Indian military said militants opened fire at soldiers and police as counterinsurgency troops surrounded a neighborhood in the southern town of Pulwama on a tip that militants were hiding there. Indian troops kill 3 suspected militants in Kashmir shootout 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z It’s common for former Colombian soldiers, who are well trained in counterinsurgency after decades of battling drug traffickers and guerrilla groups, to work for security firms in the Caribbean and elsewhere in the world. Who killed Haiti's president? Plot thickens as Moise's guards come under scrutiny 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z Biden was sometimes the only senior White House official opposing troop surges to back the counterinsurgency strategy. Analysis-Biden lost faith in the U.S. mission in Afghanistan over a decade ago 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z At the very least, there is a period of overlap, between 2006 and 2008, when Biden continued to criticize Bush for not spending enough on reconstruction even as a counterinsurgency strategy was embraced. Analysis | Biden’s claim that nation-building in Afghanistan ‘never made any sense to me’ 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z The gunfight erupted shortly after counterinsurgency police and soldiers launched an operation based on a tip that militants were in a village in southern Pulwama district late Thursday, police said. World Digest: July 2, 2021 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z The gunfight erupted shortly after scores of counterinsurgency police and soldiers launched an operation based on a tip that militants were present in a village in southern Pulwama district late Thursday, police said. 5 suspected rebels, Indian soldier killed in Kashmir 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z His son works in the Indian military’s counterinsurgency unit. Suspected militants kill Kashmir police officer and family 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z Tier 1 Group was founded to train U.S. military personnel, taking advantage of an expanded Pentagon budget for military personnel training in basic counterinsurgency skills, according to former American officials familiar with its operations. 4 Saudi operatives who aided in the Khashoggi slaying received paramilitary training in U.S. 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z Special police officers are lower-ranked police officials who are mainly recruited for intelligence gathering and counterinsurgency operations. AP PHOTOS: Indian police train villagers for border security 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z Interpreters proved especially valuable during meetings with local Afghan leaders, a pillar of counterinsurgency efforts, in which American commanders worked to gain the trust of village elders and officials. As U.S. Withdraws, Afghan Interpreters Fear Being Left Behind 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z Early Thursday, Mohammed Amin Malik was killed in gunfight inside a counterinsurgency police camp in Tral, police said, calling him a "terror operative." World Digest: June 3, 2021 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Conflict resolution and counterinsurgency efforts were scaled back, opening doors for extremist groups to capitalize on the outbreak by filling gaps left by the state. Recession and violence among COVID side effects in Africa, report finds 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z It’s a microcosm of failed counterinsurgency strategies, abandoned development projects and costly drug eradication campaigns, and the hundreds, if not thousands, of wounded and dead Afghans and Americans. A Siege, a Supply Run and a Descent Into a Decade-Old Battle 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z His ideas were honed by running counterinsurgency operations around the Pacific Rim. Ex-Green Beret author sees threat from within U.S. among Antifa, Black Lives Matter 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z Gaining the benefits of a counterinsurgency base in Afghanistan would probably not be worth the commitment of 1 million troops, with thousands of fatalities each year. Opinion | Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan is a terrible risk 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z It was the era of counterinsurgency, in which U.S.-led troops would pacify an area by force, install an outpost of the central government, then wait for locals to embrace the new order. The contradiction that doomed America’s mission in Afghanistan 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z The invasion of Afghanistan ushered in a decades-long era of warfare, with the military fighting grinding counterinsurgency battles in the name of preventing new terrorist attacks on America. Will Afghanistan Become a Terrorism Safe Haven Once Again? 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z Special Forces soldiers began training Mozambican troops in an effort to bolster the country’s counterinsurgency operations. Insurgents Seize Mozambique Town, Killing Several People; Fate of Hundreds Unknown 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z There were some good places to fight a counterinsurgency campaign in Afghanistan, I would argue, but the Pech Valley surely wasn’t one of them. Review | American troops fought hard in Afghanistan’s Pech Valley. But why? 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z In the language of war and counterinsurgency, it discussed tactics to win their support. In Brazil, a story of slavery — and outer space 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z Myanmar denies the charge and says it was waging legitimate counterinsurgency operations against Rohingya insurgents. 'Can’t take this pain': Rohingya mother searches for son after refugee camp blaze 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z Reinforcements of counterinsurgency police and soldiers began searching in the area for the attackers. 2 Indian soldiers killed, 2 injured in Kashmir rebel attack 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z Scores of counterinsurgency police, army and paramilitary forces raided the village after a tip about the presence of militants there, a security official said. World Digest: March 22, 2021 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z That, I would argue, is what helped successive military commands in Afghanistan justify pursuing some very narrow counterterrorism ends pushed by the intelligence community through a very expansive and inefficient counterinsurgency campaign. Review | American troops fought hard in Afghanistan’s Pech Valley. But why? 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z Last week, police and local residents said two militants were killed amid several days of counterinsurgency operations by Indian troops in the Shopian area. Indian troops kill 4 suspected militants in Kashmir 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z But it signals the entry of the United States military into a counterinsurgency effort that has been aided so far mainly by South African mercenaries, who have faced accusations of human rights abuses. American Soldiers Help Mozambique Battle an Expanding ISIS Affiliate 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z “This will mark a return to the failed counterinsurgency of the last two decades.” Trump’s Afghanistan withdrawal in doubt under Biden 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z A course description said students would analyze 10 years of data on a policing strategy known as C3, which is based on counterinsurgency tactics used by the U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan. Amid backlash, Harvard cancels class on policing strategy 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z The training focused on tactical exercises, battle drills, firing practice, counterinsurgency operations and acclimatization of soldiers to the harsh weather conditions. AP Photos: Indian army patrols border with rival Pakistan 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z Around six homes in the area were also destroyed during the counterinsurgency operation. Indian troops kill 4 suspected militants in Kashmir 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z Mozambican counterinsurgency efforts have been hampered by divisions between the country’s military and its powerful police, so it has turned to private soldiers for help. American Soldiers Help Mozambique Battle an Expanding ISIS Affiliate 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z In insider circles, this was referred to as "counterterrorism," as opposed to "counterinsurgency." Can Joe Biden's America figure out how to stop creating terrorists? 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z The government conducted a dirty war in the 1970s against one of those groups, a peasant movement led by teachers, normalizing the tools of counterinsurgency, including disappearances, as standard procedure. Guerrero at war: chronicling southern Mexico's forgotten conflict – photo essay 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Before the company went bankrupt in 1970, the well-meaning “midcentury white liberals” running Simulmatics deployed its People Machine to predict revolutionary uprisings in Latin America, arguing that forecasting counterinsurgencies was good for democracy. Review | The forgotten tech company that tried to sway the election — in 1960 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z The issue is politically potent for Trump, who since his time as a candidate has argued for walking away from seemingly endless counterinsurgency conflicts and directing military resources at home. Amid Pentagon upheaval, military officers face a fraught few months 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Myanmar denies accusations of genocide during what it says was a legitimate counterinsurgency campaign. A crushed student movement and shrinking hope ahead of Myanmar's election 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z But the research on civil war and our experiences with counterinsurgency and guerrilla warfare generally shows that most of the worst atrocities are not driven by hate. Election Day is almost here: What are the chances of serious political violence? 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z Kumar said the killing was a major victory for India’s counterinsurgency operations in the region. Indian troops kill top rebel commander in Kashmir fighting 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z This counterterrorism agenda undermined our counterinsurgency objectives of unifying, stabilizing, strengthening and modernizing Afghanistan. Opinion | The U.S. is torn between two goals in Afghanistan 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z Security forces, on a tip, launched a counterinsurgency operation in a neighborhood in Srinagar, leading to an exchange of gunfire with trapped militants, police said. World Digest: Oct. 12, 2020 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z Police and paramilitary soldiers on a tip launched a counterinsurgency operation in a neighborhood in Srinagar overnight, leading to an exchange of gunfire between trapped militants and troops early Monday, police said in a statement. Anti-India clashes after troops kill 2 rebels in Kashmir 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z He is one of the world's leading experts on counterinsurgency and military strategy. Election Day is almost here: What are the chances of serious political violence? 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z Police, who usually participate in counterinsurgency operations, said the July 18 encounter was a solo operation by the army. Investigators exhume bodies of Kashmir men killed by India 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z Two days earlier, an independent commission established by Myanmar’s government concluded there are reasons to believe that security forces committed war crimes in counterinsurgency operations against the Rohingya - but not genocide. Myanmar says militants hampering return of Rohingya refugees 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Two days earlier, an independent commission established by Myanmar’s government concluded there are reasons to believe that security forces committed war crimes in counterinsurgency operations against the Rohingya — but not genocide. Myanmar says militants hampering return of Rohingya refugees 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Defense officials said the United States is planning to continue its counterinsurgency mission in Iraq for now. U.S. tells Iraq it’s planning to pull out of Baghdad embassy 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z He served as an officer in the Australian Army and then as a counterinsurgency adviser to Gen. David Petraeus and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Election Day is almost here: What are the chances of serious political violence? 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z Almost 1,000 people, including farmers and children, were killed by U.S.-trained counterinsurgency troops during a hunt for leftist guerrillas. El Salvador’s next US envoy met Trump at Miss Universe 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z Police, which usually participate in counterinsurgency operations, said the July 18 encounter was a solo operation by the army. Indian military admits wrongdoing in 3 Kashmir killings 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z The gunfight erupted shortly after scores of counterinsurgency police and soldiers launched an operation based on a tip about the presence of militants in a Srinagar neighborhood, Pankaj Singh, an Indian paramilitary spokesman, said. Woman, 3 suspected rebels killed in Kashmir fighting 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Ten years ago: Defense Secretary Robert Gates toured U.S. bases and war zones in Afghanistan, saying he saw and heard evidence that the American counterinsurgency strategy was taking hold in critical Kandahar province. Today in History 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z In the subsequent fighting, which lasted the whole night, a counterinsurgency officer and the three attackers were killed, he said. 3 suspected rebels, 1 officer killed in Kashmir fighting 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z And it looks at the way that the police were acting as a kind of counterinsurgency after a popular revolt against police. The incredible saga of Baltimore's worst gang: an elite police squad gone bad 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z As India partially lifted the restrictions, fighting between rebels and government forces intensified, especially during the coronavirus pandemic, as India stepped up counterinsurgency operations. AP Explains: Kashmir on edge 1 year after major Indian shift 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z "The actions of some Special Forces actively undermined the overall counterinsurgency mission, which was challenging enough already," he said. Did UK Special Forces execute unarmed civilians? 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z In the decades that followed, Sudan hosted Osama bin Laden, among other militants, rolled back personal freedoms, oversaw a bloody counterinsurgency campaign in the western Darfur region and brutally quashed protests. Sudan finds mass grave likely linked to foiled 1990 coup 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z Since January, government forces have killed about 180 militants during counterinsurgency operations, according to the Jammu-Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society, a rights group. 3 suspected rebels, 1 officer killed in Kashmir fighting 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z The "Manifest Destiny" colonization of Native lands morphed into overseas imperial expansion, including the seizure of Hawaii, Puerto Rico and other colonies, and the counterinsurgency wars in the Philippines and Vietnam. 10 reasons why defunding police should lead to defunding America's war machine 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Frustrated by infighting within his counterinsurgency program, he turned to politics and was elected to the National Assembly’s lower house in 1967. Tran Ngoc Chau, Vietnamese counterinsurgency specialist, dies at 96 of coronavirus complications 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z They were told by commanders they were waging a counterinsurgency war in which their top priority was winning the support of the people and protecting them from the Taliban. He was convicted of murder, then pardoned by Trump. His troops suffered a different fate. 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z “Clearance operation” is Myanmar military parlance for counterinsurgency action. Myanmar military warning of action causes thousands to flee 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z They proved worthwhile in counterinsurgency attacks as Taliban and Iraqi insurgents deliberately blended in with innocent civilians among local populations. Army fires off test shot for new precision-strike missile 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z The military is still recovering from the strain of two decades of counterinsurgency wars and making changes that defense leaders say are necessary to compete against Russia and China. To prepare for the next pandemic, the U.S. needs to change its national security priorities 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z In Northern Ireland, by contrast, the police did shift away from many of the more militarized counterinsurgency tactics they used during the Troubles. Police the Public, or Protect It? For a U.S. in Crisis, Hard Lessons From Other Countries 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Though nobody used the term at the time, this was counterinsurgency. Yes, American police act like occupying armies. They literally studied their tactics | Stuart Schrader 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z Hours later, federal agents gassed peaceful protesters and helicopters performed counterinsurgency tactical maneuvers over the streets of the nation's capital. William Barr sued in a personal capacity as protesters who were gassed seek damages for injuries 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z Army soldiers and counterinsurgency police surrounded a village in the southern Shopian area early Sunday following a tip that militants were hiding there, said Col. Indian troops kill 5 rebels in Kashmir fighting 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z A counterinsurgency expert who has advised the U.S. Perspective | When police treat protesters like insurgents, sending in troops seems logical 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z An Army helicopter on Monday descended near Washington rooftops in a counterinsurgency maneuver intended to disperse protesters after the city's curfew went into effect. Army helicopter uses counterinsurgency tactics after protesters tear-gassed for Trump's photo-op 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z The doctrine of counterinsurgency, or COIN, then ruled the Pentagon's intellectual roost. The coming of a social-distancing version of war 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z Johnson also opposed Democratic efforts to establish timetables to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq in the years after the U.S. invasion to topple Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein degenerated into a long, messy counterinsurgency effort. Texas congressman Sam Johnson, conservative former Vietnam POW, dies at 89 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z The military claimed it was carrying out counterinsurgency operations against Rohingya insurgents in 2017, but critics charge they were employing a campaign of terror to drive the Rohingya out of the country. Rights group: Satellite images show Myanmar village burning 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z We are living with the consequences of accepting the counterinsurgency prescriptions of the Kerner Commission while ignoring the mountains of evidence it collected that racial inequality spurred unrest. Perspective | When police treat protesters like insurgents, sending in troops seems logical 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z Despite the lockdown, India has stepped up its counterinsurgency operations while militants have also continued their attacks on government forces and alleged informants. Soldiers shoot man in Kashmir, triggering anti-India clashes 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z Most of those Rohingya their homes in neighboring Myanmar after the military launched a counterinsurgency campaign in response to an attack by a Rohingya insurgent group. After weeks at sea, over 250 Rohingya land in Bangladesh 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z A five-member counterinsurgency team entered the house in northwestern Handwara area on late Saturday and “successfully extricated the civilians,” an Indian army statement said. 5 Indian security personnel, 2 rebels die in Kashmir fight 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z As Green Berets - the better-known moniker for the elite soldiers of the Special Forces - these operators specialize in unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense and counterinsurgency. Military chaplains pivot to serve soldiers in virus outbreak 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z Even if there were a sophisticated terrorist network operating in U.S. cities, Cotton’s often-referenced experience in counterinsurgency overseas should indicate that separating “Antifa terrorists” from civilians would be impossible on American streets. Perspective | When police treat protesters like insurgents, sending in troops seems logical 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z Today, about 73,000 members of Special Operations Command — military personnel and civilians — are carrying out a broad range of activities that include counterterrorism, counterinsurgency, security force assistance, and unconventional warfare. America’s global military presence skyrockets under Trump: US commandos now deployed to 141 nations 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z The well-documented brutality of what the military called a counterinsurgency operation caused the International Court of Justice to accept a case charging Myanmar with genocide. Myanmar MPs reject bid to allow Suu Kyi to become president 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z The Marine general brought years of combat experience in America’s post-2001 counterinsurgency wars — including deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan — to Centcom when he assumed command last spring. U.S. military scrambles to confront a new reality across the Middle East 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z Treseder arrived in Afghanistan nearly a decade ago as a believer in the counterinsurgency mission there — to disrupt, dismantle and defeat the enemy throughout Helmand Province. After Tours in Afghanistan, U.S. Veterans Weigh Peace With the Taliban 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z They are traditionally assigned to unconventional warfare missions, which often means training and equipping friendly local forces and militaries, as well as counterinsurgency operations. First Woman Set to Pass Special Forces Training and Join Green Berets 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Records show that, before moving to Russia, Nazzaro ran a company registered in New York that offered access to a "network of security professionals" with expertise in intelligence, counterterrorism, counterinsurgency, and psychological operations. US neo-Nazi directing group from Russia, BBC finds 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z Thailand’s budgets for peaceful conflict resolution “are much lower than those allocated for counterinsurgency operations such as the improvement of intelligence gathering,” raising questions about the government’s commitment to a peaceful settlement, Rungrawee said. Thai officials meet with major Southern insurgent group 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, Burkina Faso’s counterinsurgency strategy risks inflaming the conflict by “pushing people into the arms of the jihadists,” said Corinne Dufka, West Africa director for Human Rights Watch. Islamic extremism wracks Burkina Faso, spreading east 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z As a senior counterinsurgency instructor, “I saw the clear disconnect between our strategy and reality,” he said. Fox Host’s ‘America First’ Shift Makes an Exception for Trump’s Iran Strike 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Though it later emerged that the students had been killed by a former member of a government counterinsurgency unit, Skosana’s death came to represent, to some, the violent side of the liberation movement. The Complex Legacy of Vigilantism in South Africa 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z In June 2016, for instance, I spoke with a Human Rights Watch analyst who was doing research on what the Saudi-led, American-backed counterinsurgency war in Yemen meant in terms of attacks on schools. "The shooters are coming!": How war targets the young 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z France, the former colonial power, is the only Western country with a significant military presence waging counterinsurgency operations in Mali and the wider Sahel, the arid region of West Africa south of the Sahara. French Troops Kill 33 Militants in Mali, Macron Says 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z The U.S. military tossed its counterinsurgency doctrine and vowed never to fight another long war against shadowy guerrillas. Perspective | Afghanistan wasn’t destined to fail. Here’s how we could have fought it better. 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z He eventually unveiled a new counterinsurgency strategy and nearly tripled the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan to 100,000. In confidential documents, U.S. military trainers describe Afghan security forces as incompetent, unmotivated and rife with deserters 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z In fact, a cornerstone of Obama’s counterinsurgency strategy was to build the Afghan government at breakneck speed — with unprecedented sums from the U.S. treasury. Wasteful spending and half-baked ideas: U.S. officials reveal how massive rebuilding projects in Afghanistan backfired 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z After Obama took office in 2009, Pentagon officials persuaded him to expand the war, deploy 100,000 U.S. troops and adopt a counterinsurgency strategy. U.S. flooded nation with money, then turned a blind eye to corruption 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z After months of debate at the White House, Obama approved the counterinsurgency strategy. U.S. ‘mission creep’ in Afghanistan led to unwinnable, never-ending war, confidential documents show 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z But the facts were that the fledgling Afghan military performed poorly in the field and that the American “clear, hold, build” counterinsurgency strategy had little hope of succeeding. Documents Reveal U.S. Officials Misled Public on War in Afghanistan 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Bob Crowley, the retired Army colonel who served as a counterinsurgency adviser in Afghanistan in 2013 and 2014, told government interviewers that “truth was rarely welcome” at military headquarters in Kabul. Confidential documents reveal U.S. officials failed to tell the truth about the war in Afghanistan 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z In one interview, Thomas Johnson, a Navy official who served as a counterinsurgency adviser in Kandahar province, said Afghans viewed the police as predatory bandits, calling them “the most hated institution” in Afghanistan. U.S. military trainers describe Afghan security forces as incompetent, unmotivated and rife with deserters 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Commanders were open to integrating law enforcement, drug interdiction and even economic development programs into their counterinsurgency strategy but never received clear marching orders from the Obama administration, he said. In confidential documents, U.S. officials said almost everything they did to end opium farming in Afghanistan backfired 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z “I told Petraeus that in the counterinsurgency in which you don’t know your friend, you don’t know your enemy and environment, you are going to fail,” Miakhel said. U.S. ‘mission creep’ in Afghanistan led to unwinnable, never-ending war, confidential documents show 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z “But we were doing” counterinsurgency “as colonial power,” he said in a 2017 interview. Documents Reveal U.S. Officials Misled Public on War in Afghanistan 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z In fact, a cornerstone of Obama’s counterinsurgency strategy was to build the Afghan government at breakneck speed – with unprecedented sums from the U.S. treasury. U.S. officials reveal how massive rebuilding projects in Afghanistan backfired 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z He unveiled a new counterinsurgency strategy and nearly tripled the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan to 100,000. U.S. military trainers describe Afghan security forces as incompetent, unmotivated and rife with deserters 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z “There was contradiction between counternarcotics and counterinsurgency, because so much of the rural population depended on income from opium production,” he said in an oral-history interview. In confidential documents, U.S. officials said almost everything they did to end opium farming in Afghanistan backfired 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z U.S. military leaders wanted to double down on a counterinsurgency strategy. U.S. ‘mission creep’ in Afghanistan led to unwinnable, never-ending war, confidential documents show 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z But the plan to pacify the stronghold failed and came to symbolize larger problems with the counterinsurgency strategy, The Post reported. Documents Reveal U.S. Officials Misled Public on War in Afghanistan 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z It would take years to complete, and with the clock ticking on their counterinsurgency strategy, they wanted to supply electricity to the Kandaharis right away. U.S. officials reveal how massive rebuilding projects in Afghanistan backfired 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z “Every data point was altered to present the best picture possible,” Bob Crowley, an Army colonel who served as a senior counterinsurgency adviser to U.S. military commanders in 2013 and 2014, told government interviewers. U.S. officials misled public about the war in Afghanistan, confidential documents reveal 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z “Every data point was altered to present the best picture possible,” said Bob Crowley, an army colonel who served as a senior counterinsurgency adviser to US military commanders in 2013 and 2014. Afghan papers reveal US public were misled about unwinnable war 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Gen. Olusegun Adeniyi, who leads the Nigerian counterinsurgency force, said more suspects remain in custody but will undergo similar vetting for possible release. Nigeria frees nearly 1,000 people cleared of extremist links 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z But for other veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, the pardons only brought back grim memories of violence and a counterinsurgency doctrine that often blurred moral lines. Trump’s Pardons for Servicemen Raise Fears That Laws of War Are History 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z Despite the risks, by 2010, U.S. generals were lobbying to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in the project, calling it a critical part of their counterinsurgency strategy. U.S. officials reveal how massive rebuilding projects in Afghanistan backfired 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z The allegations stem from a counterinsurgency campaign that Myanmar's military began in August 2017 in response to an insurgent attack. World Digest: Nov. 14, 2019 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z The allegations stem from a counterinsurgency campaign that Myanmar’s military began in August 2017 in response to an insurgent attack. International court judges authorize Rohingya investigation 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Since then, with the help of foreign training missions, many units in Syria and Iraq have developed expertise in counterinsurgency and conventional warfare. Perspective | Five myths about Kurds 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Under the program, the United States provided Black Hawk helicopters and surveillance planes and training in counterinsurgency tactics. Guns from the United States are stoking a homicide epidemic in Mexico 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z First, there was not much time for the counterinsurgency strategy to work. U.S. officials reveal how massive rebuilding projects in Afghanistan backfired 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z It’s now waging a counterinsurgency, targeting local officials and security checkpoints. From IS camp, Syrian family returns home to a hostile city 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z And now it was the high-water mark of the American military’s acceptance of counterinsurgency, the doctrine of trying to win over the locals by clearing away militants, building schools, laying roads. A Marine Looks Back at His Battles in Afghanistan 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Two years ago, Myanmar’s military launched a harsh counterinsurgency campaign against Rohingya Muslims in response to an attack by an insurgent group. More Rohingya families say they will not return to Myanmar 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z The US troops in Afghanistan train and advise Afghan security forces and conduct counterinsurgency operations. Afghan wedding massacre followed by independence day bombings 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z The U.S. troops in Afghanistan train and advise Afghan security forces and conduct counterinsurgency operations. Explosions in Afghanistan wound dozens on Independence Day 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z A former military officer, Gotabaya was known for his ruthless approach to counterinsurgency and now faces allegations of using extrajudicial methods and cracking down on those who criticized his style. Sri Lanka’s feared wartime official now in presidential fray 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z In some policy and scholarly circles, peacekeeping and counterinsurgency are increasingly viewed as synonymous. Perspective | Five myths about peacekeeping 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z Police say Zakir Musa was killed in a gunfight Thursday evening after police and soldiers launched a counterinsurgency operation in the southern Tral area. India troops kill Kashmir militant linked to al-Qaida 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Zakir Musa was killed Thursday evening in a gunfight after police and soldiers launched a counterinsurgency operation in the southern Tral area, said Col. India troops kill Kashmir militant linked to al-Qaida 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z The golden rule of counterinsurgency is, you want to make sure that you kill more terrorists than you make. A Philosopher of Law on the Dangers of Trump’s Plan to Pardon American War Criminals 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Fearing the spread of communism across the Americas, the Ford administration offered these rightist military regimes everything from counterinsurgency training and financial assistance to intelligence briefings. Secret archives show US helped Argentine military wage "dirty war" that killed 30,000 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z According to some top scholars, counterinsurgency success rates have been declining for the past 100 years. Perspective | Five myths about peacekeeping 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z Raftery concludes that in 1999 “multiple generations of filmmakers came along and started a counterinsurgency that would reshape the culture for years to come.” Review: Book offers spirited claim 1999 was film’s best ever 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z Over his 30-year rule, Mr. al-Bashir spread power among a range of military commanders, paramilitary outfits and ethnic factions, often using them to carry out campaigns like the notorious counterinsurgency in Darfur and southern Sudan. Sudan’s Feared Intelligence Chief Resigns in Another Victory for Protesters 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z And when Bergdahl deserts, the dysfunction of the military’s counterinsurgency strategy mirrors the dysfunction of U.S. attempts to elicit intelligence about Bergdahl from a distrustful Afghan population. Review | In Afghanstan, delusions of a soldier — and an army 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Latin American military officials received training on harsh counterinsurgency techniques at the United States Army School of the Americas as Washington leaned on allied governments to stem the appeal of communism in the region. Declassified U.S. Documents Reveal Details About Argentina’s Dictatorship 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z Peacekeeping success rates are far higher than those for counterinsurgency. Perspective | Five myths about peacekeeping 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z In response, the Myanmar military deployed thousands of extra troops — reportedly including some of the units involved in the 2017 violence — and launched counterinsurgency operations backed by fighter jets and helicopter gunships. U.N. Condemns Violence in Western Myanmar 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z The legislative push comes as other Latin American countries are finally reckoning with the counterinsurgency tactics used by military forces against civilians during the Cold War. An amnesty for crimes against humanity? Guatemalan proposal stirs outrage. 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z The end of the Islamic State’s self-declared caliphate would be a victory for a president who has long sought to end the counterinsurgency wars initiated by his predecessors. Trump administration plans to leave 400 troops in Syria 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z Current and former officials described a more dispassionate approach to the counterinsurgency campaigns that have emerged as a friction point between Trump and his generals. ‘America First’ or America alone? In debut on world stage, acting Pentagon chief must answer for Trump. 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z But U.S. foreign policy mobilizes every available resource for regime change and for counterinsurgency. Inside the neoliberal laboratory preparing for the theft of Venezuela’s economy 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z At El Mozote, soldiers from the Atlacatl Battalion – an elite counterinsurgency unit trained, armed, and funded by the US – lined up, interrogated, tortured, and executed villagers. El Salvador massacre: forensics teams dig for remains as US envoy faces grilling 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z Khan said soldiers and counterinsurgency police reinforcements were deployed in the area and the injured were evacuated to hospitals. 10 Indian soldiers killed, 35 wounded by car bomb in Kashmir 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z The felons who would benefit from the amnesty include top-ranking generals from the bloodiest period of the counterinsurgency war when rural indigenous communities and urban social activists were mercilessly persecuted. 'A drastic step backwards': Guatemala considers amnesty for war crimes 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Google calls this the “redirect method”, a part of Cohen’s larger idea of using internet platforms to wage “digital counterinsurgency”. Google’s Earth: how the tech giant is helping the state spy on us 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z But the academics preceded the coup, and followed it, providing justifications and obfuscations of what was happening in the post-coup, counterinsurgency violence. Inside the neoliberal laboratory preparing for the theft of Venezuela’s economy 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z Three Kashmiri leaders, known as Joint Resistance Leadership, or JRL, called for Kashmiris to march to the army cantonment in protest of Saturday’s killings of seven civilians and three rebels during an Indian counterinsurgency operation. Indian troops enforce lockdown to foil Kashmir public march 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z Three Kashmiri leaders, known as Joint Resistance Leadership, or JRL, called for Kashmiris to march to the army cantonment in protest of Saturday's killings of seven civilians and three rebels during an Indian counterinsurgency operation. Indian troops enforce lockdown to foil Kashmir public march 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Reinforcements of counterinsurgency police and soldiers launched search operations in the area to nab attackers. Anti-India rebel attack leaves 3 police dead in Kashmir 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z At least two counterinsurgency police officers and a soldier were also wounded in the gunfight. Thousands flock to funeral of 2 teenage Kashmir rebels 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Two counterinsurgency police officials and a soldier were wounded, he said. Indian troops kill 3 rebels in 18-hour-long Kashmir fighting 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z If confirmed by the Senate, Milley would bring to the job a distinguished record as a commander in the counterinsurgency wars of the past two decades. Trump expected to tap Army chief as next chairman of the Joint Chiefs 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Earlier in this century, the U.S. military not surprisingly focused on counterinsurgency as it faced various indecisive and seemingly unending wars across the Greater Middle East and parts of Africa. Global war to infinity and beyond 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z Over the past two decades, while the Pentagon mainly focused on counterterrorism and counterinsurgency, the report found that foreign adversaries were studying the American military. U.S. Military’s Global Edge Has Diminished, Strategy Review Finds 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z It has rejected the U.N. findings as one-sided, and said the military action was a legitimate counterinsurgency operation. 'Can't eat, can't sleep': Rohingya on Myanmar repatriation list 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z The searches by troops triggered an exchange of gunfire resulting in the deaths of two militants and injuries to four soldiers and two counterinsurgency policemen. Anti-India protests in Kashmir after troops kill 2 rebels 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z The searches by troops triggered an exchange of gunfire resulting in the deaths of two militants and injuries to four soldiers and two counterinsurgency policemen. Anti-India protests in Kashmir after troops kill 2 rebels 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z Our training scenarios were no longer limited to counterinsurgency operations. Global war to infinity and beyond 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z The searches by troops triggered an exchange of gunfire resulting in the deaths of two militants and injuries to four soldiers and two counterinsurgency policemen. Anti-India protests in Kashmir after troops kill 2 rebels 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z I first reported on the war during the early and mid-nineteen-eighties, when the Reagan Administration had, in effect, taken over much of the running of the Salvadoran counterinsurgency campaign. Archbishop Óscar Romero Becomes a Saint, But His Death Still Haunts El Salvador 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z It also finds that some commanders who successfully used counterinsurgency tactics while the Army was still pursuing its initial plan may have done so at cost to their careers. The Army Ordered an Unvarnished Iraq War History—Then Let It Languish 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z Myanmar rejected the findings as “one-sided” and said it was a legitimate counterinsurgency operation. Nine U.N. Security Council members ask to discuss Myanmar inquiry 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z As counterinsurgency police and soldiers launched a search operation, a gunfight erupted in which two rebels were killed. Indian troops kill a key Kashmir rebel leader and colleague 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z It says military action which followed militant attacks on security forces in August last year was a legitimate counterinsurgency operation. Exclusive: EU considers trade sanctions on Myanmar over Rohingya... 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z It says the military action, which followed militant attacks on security forces in August last year, was a legitimate counterinsurgency operation. Suu Kyi's actions 'regrettable' but she will keep peace prize:... 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Under new Pentagon leadership, Army priorities changed from counterinsurgency to countering powers such as Russia and China. The Army Ordered an Unvarnished Iraq War History—Then Let It Languish 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z Myanmar has rejected similar findings as “one-sided” and said it had conducted a legitimate counterinsurgency operation. Exclusive: Myanmar's delaying tactics blocking Rohingya return -... 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Initially in the early 1990s when the anti-India rebellion peaked, Kashmir police were hesitant to be drawn into the counterinsurgency following attacks on them and their family members. Anti-India rebels abduct and kill 3 policemen in Kashmir 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z That is, in fact, a central tenet of the counterinsurgency strategies that U.S. commanders implemented in Iraq and Afghanistan. Opinion | Trump’s bear hug risks crushing Israel 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z The organization was finally brought to the verge of defeat in 2011, after a concerted counterinsurgency operation. Fight to Retake Last ISIS Territory Begins 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z You might call it counterinsurgency on a global scale. Opinion | We expected the war on terror to unite us. What went wrong? 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z It says it conducted a legitimate counterinsurgency operation against Muslim militants who started the violence. Rohingya protesters call for freedom for Reuters reporters in Myanmar 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Security forces launched a massive counterinsurgency against selected populations, especially the Ixil ethnic enclave here in Quiche province. Guatemala's civil war devastated the country's indigenous Maya communities 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z Myanmar says its military launched a legitimate counterinsurgency operation in response to a violent campaign from within the Rohingya minority, who are mostly denied citizenship in the southeast Asian nation. A year since fleeing, Rohingya mother sees little hope for the future 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z Police say soldiers and counterinsurgency police cordoned off a neighborhood in the suburbs of southern Shopian town overnight, leading to an exchange of fire with rebels. 7 rebels, Indian soldier killed in Kashmir fighting 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Critics say Egypt squanders much of the military aid it receives, splurging on expensive tanks and warplanes rather than on less glamorous, but more useful, counterinsurgency training for its army. Despite Egypt’s Dismal Human Rights Record, U.S. Restores Military Aid 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Police say the rebels attacked paramilitary soldiers early Sunday after they were returning from a counterinsurgency operation in a forested area in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh state. Maoist rebels ambush soldiers in east India; 2 killed 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z The Reagan administration lifted the embargo on arms sales to Guatemala in 1983, allowing the country to obtain equipment and parts for helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, among other items, for its counterinsurgency efforts. Guatemala's civil war devastated the country's indigenous Maya communities 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z Police say the rebels attacked paramilitary soldiers early Sunday after they were returning from a counterinsurgency operation in a forested area in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh state. Maoist rebels ambush soldiers in east India; 2 killed 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z Police say counterinsurgency police and soldiers cordoned the area following intelligence that a group of militants were hiding there. Gunbattle triggers anti-India clashes in Kashmir, 16 injured 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z As soldiers and counterinsurgency police launched a cordon and search operation in southern Redwani village, hundreds of villagers confronted them by chanting anti-India slogans and throwing stones, police said. Troops fire at anti-India protesters in Kashmir; 3 killed 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z Avoiding such conversations was untenable with service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, who were enmeshed in messy counterinsurgency campaigns that often involved close-range killing and noncombatants. The Wounds of the Drone Warrior 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z Key to this were counterinsurgency operations used to detain, torture for information, and then kill or “disappear” people regarded as the internal enemy – suspected communists, critics of the military dictatorship and activists. Guatemala: ex-military officers convicted of crimes against humanity 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z “You might say it’s provided a new imperative to parts of the Pentagon that used to be focused on counterinsurgency in unpleasant places like Helmand Province” in Afghanistan, one skeptical Russia hand said. The Quiet Americans Behind the U.S.-Russia Imbroglio 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z Police say counterinsurgency officers and soldiers cordoned a village following intelligence that at least three militants were hiding there. Anti-India clashes, fighting rage in Kashmir; many injured 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z The army launched counterinsurgency sweeps in Rakhine state after deadly attacks last August on security personnel. UN Security Council delegation visiting northern Rakhine 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z The army launched counterinsurgency sweeps in Rakhine after attacks last August on security personnel. Top-level UN team arrives in Myanmar for Rohingya probe 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z But his skill as a counterinsurgency expert was evident in a career that saw him become one of the first Green Berets to achieve the rank of general. This week’s passages 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z But his brilliance as a counterinsurgency expert was evident in a career that saw him become one of the first Green Berets to achieve the rank of a general. Michael Healy, Army major general who led Green Berets in Vietnam, dies at 91 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z Social Welfare Minister Win Myat will be the first Myanmar cabinet minister to visit the camps since the refugee flow began in August last year in response to a brutal counterinsurgency campaign. Myanmar minister hopes to visit Rohingya in refugee camps 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z In March 1982, he seized power in a military coup and promptly suspended the constitution, disbanded congress and set in motion a ruthless counterinsurgency campaign that resulted in thousands of deaths. Lawyer: Ex-Guatemala dictator Efrain Rios Montt dies at 91 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z As the Pentagon embraced counterinsurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan, the State Department withdrew behind bunkers and blast walls, ceding much of its role to men and women in uniform. Can Jim Mattis Hold the Line in Trump’s ‘War Cabinet’? 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Five government troops, including three soldiers and two counterinsurgency police, and five suspected insurgents were killed in the fierce fighting. Deadly two-day operation against rebels concludes in Kashmir 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z The dead government forces consisted of two counterinsurgency police and two army soldiers. 4 Indian forces, 4 rebels killed in Kashmir fighting 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Over time, Harcourt asserts, this counterinsurgency approach came to dominate not only U.S. military operations but foreign policy and, eventually, domestic politics. Review | When counterinsurgency tactics move from the batttlefield to the home front. 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z The allegations filed against the former top police commanders in Veracruz show all the signs of the human rights abuses of Mexico’s notorious anti-guerrilla counterinsurgency campaigns of the 1960s and 70s. Mexico police charged with using death squad tactics on drug suspects 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z The allegations filed last week against the former top police commanders in Veracruz show all the signs of the human rights abuses of Mexico’s notorious anti-guerrilla counterinsurgency campaigns of the 1960s and 70s. Mexican police allegedly used near death-squad tactics 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z Ten years after Kosovo declared independence from Serbia after an uprising, a brutal counterinsurgency and Nato intervention, the country’s future has not been resolved. Kosovo: top war crimes prosecutor forced to leave amid US state department inertia 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z Myanmar says its troops were engaged in legitimate counterinsurgency operations. Exclusive: Richardson quits Myanmar's 'whitewash' Rohingya crisis pane 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Thus, after 9/11, “counterinsurgency warfare was refined, deployed and tested.” Review | When counterinsurgency tactics move from the batttlefield to the home front. 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z Afghan and Iraqi citizens like Faqiri, who now lives in Sterling, Va., helped the U.S. wage costly counterinsurgencies. They risked their lives to help U.S. troops. Now they’re driving for Lyft to get by. 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z It is reminiscent of the 1970s military counterinsurgency campaigns in Latin America, when detentions led to clandestine torture cells on military bases, and then unmarked graves. Mexican police allegedly used near death-squad tactics 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z Besides counterinsurgency operations, the camp also serves as a training center for soldiers. Rebels storm Indian paramilitary camp in Kashmir; 7 dead 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z Myanmar says its troops were engaged in legitimate counterinsurgency operations. Exclusive: Richardson quits Myanmar's 'whitewash' Rohingya crisis pane 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Missing from “The Counterrevolution” is any theory of agency: Just who is pulling the counterinsurgency strings? Review | When counterinsurgency tactics move from the batttlefield to the home front. 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z General Ríos Montt also broadened the counterinsurgency policy to establish control over the survivors. Victims of Guatemala’s Civil War Are Laid to Rest, 3 Decades Later 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z He later championed arming helicopters for battle, creating a sky cavalry that he helped implement in Vietnam for counterinsurgency operations. Lt. Gen. Edward L. Rowny, hard-line arms control adviser to five presidents, dies at 100 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z Police said reinforcements of army soldiers and counterinsurgency police encircled the camp and were exchanging gunfire with the assailants. Rebels storm Indian paramilitary camp in Kashmir; 7 dead 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z The world found new forms of disorder: revolutions, insurgencies and counterinsurgencies. The New Era of Global Stability 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z To Harcourt, a law professor at Columbia University, these phenomena are all part and parcel of “a new model of government inspired by the theory and practice of counterinsurgency warfare.” Review | When counterinsurgency tactics move from the batttlefield to the home front. 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z Myanmar’s Army embarked on a scorched-earth counterinsurgency, and when soldiers couldn’t find rebels, they unleashed their fury on civilians. Opinion | Is This Genocide? 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z The Syrian government’s counterinsurgency crackdown included bombing and besieging Palestinian refugee camps, where there was some support for the Syrian rebels. Hezbollah Returns Focus to Israel After Years of Fighting in Syria 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z A hatchet-faced Irishman, the general gained fame for his successful counterinsurgency tactics in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. Mikhail Lesin’s death swung attention to Russia after Obama’s intelligence fiasco 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Recent military exercises between our nations focused on enhancing counterinsurgency capabilities, which is just one element of a robust security cooperation agenda. Opinion | Don’t blame Egypt for the terrorist attack in Sinai 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z These seemingly disparate developments, Harcourt argues, all form part of a cohesive approach to U.S. governance that is drawn from counterinsurgency theories. Review | When counterinsurgency tactics move from the batttlefield to the home front. 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z It waged a ruthless counterinsurgency strategy known as the “Four Cuts,” isolating rebels from civilian support by violently severing their access to food, money, intelligence and recruits. Myanmar General’s Purge of Rohingya Lifts His Popular Support 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z They point to what they say is a failure of American counterinsurgency ventures in Iraq and Afghanistan. In Egypt, Furious Retaliation but Failing Strategy in Sinai 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z Former agency officials assert that the military, with its vast resources and manpower, is better suited to conducting large-scale counterinsurgencies. A Newly Assertive C.I.A. Expands Its Taliban Hunt in Afghanistan 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z Reinforcements of counterinsurgency police and paramilitary commandos rushed to the scene and armored vehicles dotted the entire road leading to the airport. Rebels storm Indian paramilitary camp in Kashmir; 3 killed 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z In other words, counterinsurgency is a political endeavor. Review | When counterinsurgency tactics move from the batttlefield to the home front. 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z Myanmar has framed the actions as a necessary counterinsurgency operation. The Rohingya in Myanmar: How Years of Strife Grew Into a Crisis 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z “It is a campaign that is targeting the Rohingya,” not a counterinsurgency operation as Myanmar’s government claims. Rights groups say UN council ignores Rohingya ‘cleansing’ 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z After six years of failing counterinsurgency campaigns in both countries, the Pentagon discovered the power of biometric identification and electronic surveillance to help pacify sprawling urban areas. How the Pentagon snatched innovation from the jaws of defeat 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z In northern and eastern Uganda, where a harsh counterinsurgency campaign was underway, some of the army’s worst abuses had been committed by Rwandan Tutsi officers. America’s secret role in the Rwandan genocide 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Earlier this month Myanmar's Military — which the U.N. is currently investigating for human rights abuses — dispatched hundreds more troops to Rakhine to bolster counterinsurgency efforts there. Thousands More Rohingya are Fleeing Myanmar for Bangladesh 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z On Aug. 12, the military dispatched hundreds more troops to the state to bolster counterinsurgency efforts there, prompting thousands more people to flee across the border. How Aung San Suu Kyi Can Maintain Her Credibility 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Other officials favored a more ambitious counterinsurgency strategy that required large numbers of troops, with a broader mission to help the Afghans not only secure their cities, but also develop durable public institutions. The Forerunner of Trump’s Plan for Afghanistan: Joe Biden’s 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z The latest wave began in October, when the Myanmar military began a deadly counterinsurgency campaign after Rohingya militants attacked three border posts, killing nine police officers. In a Rohingya Refugee Camp, Soccer Is a Joyful Escape 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z It’s evident that such activity is blowback from the army’s vigorous counterinsurgency campaign, which had the predictable effect of serving as a recruiting tool for the militants. Myanmar propaganda? Army takes media on reporting trip 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z It is thought the target was vehicles at a counterinsurgency base. Hindu pilgrims killed in militant attack in Kashmir - BBC News 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z Police said the fighting on early Monday erupted after soldiers and counterinsurgency police raided southern Bahmnoo village. Indian forces kill 3 rebels in Kashmir; 35 civilians injured 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z Halfway around the world, American troops were soon mired in a bloody and brutal counterinsurgency. 25 Moments That Changed America 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z Islamist-inspired terrorism, and a brutal counterinsurgency campaign that emerged in response, have left the population deeply traumatized. How a Russian Journalist Exposed the Anti-Gay Crackdown in Chechnya 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z The New York-based group Human Rights Watch used before-and-after satellite photos to demonstrate that more than 1,500 houses and other structures had been burned down as part of the counterinsurgency operation. Myanmar propaganda? Army takes media on reporting trip 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z During the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military relied heavily on contractors to support counterinsurgency operations. Private defense companies are here to stay — what does that mean for national security? 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z The movie also gets into the difficulties of winning a war through counterinsurgency. Would this $60 million Brad Pitt war comedy have been made without Netflix? It’s hard to imagine. 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z The article painted McChrystal’s team of counterinsurgency evangelists as arrogant and anti-authoritarian and featured derogatory comments about the Obama administration from his staff. Review: Pitt goes all out in flawed satire ‘War Machine’ 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z Gen. Lucky Irabor, who commands the counterinsurgency operation in the northeast. Nigeria: Too soon to close camps for Boko Haram’s displaced 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z The new evidence, documented by humanitarian agencies and rights organisations, adds credence to claims that Myanmar’s military committed atrocities against ethnic Rohingya communities during a counterinsurgency campaign that ended this year. Myanmar army allegedly left Rohingya refugees with bullet wounds and burns 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z McMaster is a convening of the counterinsurgency A-team. Opinion | What will Trump do about Afghanistan? There’s a good model to follow. 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z About 8,400 U.S. troops are currently advising and training local forces, conducting counterinsurgency operations and providing air combat and evacuation support. U.S. defense chief arrives in Kabul as his Afghan counterpart resigns in disgrace 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z The State Department was found wanting in Iraq and Afghanistan, unable to provide the personnel and expertise needed to support counterinsurgency campaigns in both countries. Opinion | The State Department needs to be streamlined — not starved 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z “The real problem is the Egyptian military refuses to adopt a counterinsurgency strategy in the Sinai. Until that changes, it’s hard to imagine the security situation improving.” After deadly bombings, Egypt's state of emergency reassures some but strikes fear in others 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z Soldiers and police launched aggressive counterinsurgency operations in Rakhine in October after shadowy insurgents killed nine border guards. Myanmar official says UN probe of Rakhine crisis unwanted 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z Given Russia’s support of Mr. Assad, casting doubt on the White Helmets is “basic counterinsurgency in certainly ruthless terms,” Mr. Cordesman said. Syria Conspiracy Theories Flourish, at Both Ends of the Spectrum 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Although Tal Afar proved to be a tactical victory, Iraq proved in the end to be overwhelmingly resistant to a foreign counterinsurgency strategy. Trump's security chief shaped by tough posting near Syria 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z As Flynn’s replacement, McMaster, a general, veteran and counterinsurgency egghead, may be a more conventional national security adviser. Steve Bannon seemed indestructible. But with a fickle president, anything’s possible | Michael Paarlberg 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z “Sisi has refused to take advice from the Pentagon to adopt counterinsurgency tactics instead of simply blasting away with weapons and alienating the local population,” Malinowski said. Trump Embraces the Sunni Autocrats 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z In October last year, armed men killed nine Myanmar border guards, triggering a savage counterinsurgency sweep by the army in the Rohingya area of the western state of Rakhine. Myanmar's armed Rohingya militants deny terrorist links 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z Last month, the Indian army chief warned that “tough action” would be taken against stone throwers during counterinsurgency operations. 3 Kashmir civilians killed in protests against Indian rule 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z In the past, they have focused on conventional wars, counterterrorism and counterinsurgency, rather than maritime challenges. What will be the purpose of President Trump’s Navy? 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z The army launched counterinsurgency operations in Rohingya areas last October after the killing of nine border guards. Kofi Annan calls on Myanmar to allow access to troubled area 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Enamored with the magical efficacy of counterinsurgency tactics, they bet wrong on the capacity of the U.S. government or its military to transform the chaotic, unmovable facts on the ground in Iraq. The surge delusion is dangerous in the “go big” military era of Donald Trump 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Honduran military records show that Díaz attended several counterinsurgency courses at special forces bases in Tegucigalpa and in the Bajo Aguán. Berta Cáceres court papers show murder suspects' links to US-trained elite troops 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z It was the dawn of a short-lived age when “counterinsurgency doctrine,” a niche specialty among a certain set of soldier-scholars, became the Washington zeitgeist. Perspective | H.R. McMaster is hailed as the hero of Iraq’s Tal Afar. Here’s what that operation looked like. 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z The colonel devised a counterinsurgency strategy that led to victory in the battle for the city of Tal Afar, and later worked with Gen. David Petraeus on broader counterinsurgency operations. A smart move for national-security adviser 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z McMaster believed that a counterinsurgency strategy—putting the focus on securing the population and bringing economic development, not just killing the enemy—could turn things around. Can H. R. McMaster Survive as Trump’s National-Security Adviser? 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z The additional troops and “new” counterinsurgency tactics were, however, only part of the story. The surge delusion is dangerous in the “go big” military era of Donald Trump 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z But General McMaster has also proved himself in the field, commanding a successful counterinsurgency effort in 2005 to secure Tal Afar in northern Iraq. Trump to Interview 4 Candidates for National Security Adviser 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z A Myanmar presidential spokesman has said the latest reports from military commanders were that fewer than 100 people had been killed in the counterinsurgency operation. Myanmar military crackdown against Rohingyas 'has ceased' 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z Myanmar's military launched what it describes as a counterinsurgency operation in northwestern Rakhine in October. Bangladesh says stopping Rohingya militants, allowing 'helpless' refugees 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z McMaster’s musings on counterinsurgency could sound too certain, and he sometimes acted as if the Americans in Iraq had to do everything themselves—a contradiction of the doctrine he was promoting. Can H. R. McMaster Survive as Trump’s National-Security Adviser? 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Myanmar's presidential spokesman, Zaw Htay, said the latest reports from military commanders were that fewer than 100 people have been killed in a counterinsurgency operation against Rohingya militants who attacked police border posts in October. Exclusive: More than 1,000 feared killed in Myanmar army crackdown on Rohingya - U.N. officials 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z Previously it has denied almost all allegations of human rights abuses against Muslims in northern Rakhine and has said a lawful counterinsurgency campaign is underway. World digest: Feb. 3, 2017 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z Many Republicans and Democrats view the agreement as a vindication of Plan Colombia, the counternarcotics and counterinsurgency initiative credited with tipping the conflict in the government’s favor. This U.S. envoy helped Colombia forge peace. His departure leaves a vacuum. 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z “Using air power in this late phase of a counterinsurgency is ham-fisted,” Mr. Page said. Death Toll in Mistaken Bombing of Camp in Nigeria Climbs to 70 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z As McMaster told me again and again, counterinsurgency is eighty per cent political. Can H. R. McMaster Survive as Trump’s National-Security Adviser? 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z The general, who is the theater commander for counterinsurgency operations in northeast Nigeria, said the air force would not deliberately target civilians but there will be an investigation. Nigeria: Military jet mistakenly bombs refugees, aid workers 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z The general, who is the theater commander for counterinsurgency operations in northeast Nigeria, says there will be an investigation. Nigeria: Military jet mistakenly bombs refugees, aid workers 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z That was an official at a refugee camp in Bangladesh, where Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar have fled by the thousands to escape a brutal counterinsurgency campaign. Sessions, Trump, Dylann Roof: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z Shrouded in even more secrecy are its activities — from counterinsurgency and counter-drug efforts to seemingly endless training and advising missions — outside acknowledged conflict zones across the globe. Year of the commando: U.S. Special Ops forces deploy to 138 nations 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z This is a fascinating aspect of both fake news and propaganda: by all measures, the United States is better at both counterinsurgency and anti-terrorism. A Russo-Trump alliance is a deal with the devil, but could make sense short term 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z The government says it is conducting a campaign of counterinsurgency. After years of government persecution, some members of Myanmar's Rohingya minority are taking up arms 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z The authorities have been conducting counterinsurgency operations there since an attack in October killed nine border guards. World Digest: Jan. 2, 2016 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z In 2006, General Mattis supported Gen. David H. Petraeus of the Army and other military leaders in the development of a new counterinsurgency field manual that highlighted limits on interrogation tactics. Inside Trump Defense Secretary Pick’s Efforts to Halt Torture 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z The authorities have been conducting counterinsurgency operations there since an attack in October by unidentified armed men killed nine border guards. Myanmar gov't admits video shows police beating villagers 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z But, he said, the military gave Mr. Obama only “variations” on “the more robust counterinsurgency model.” The Afghan War and the Evolution of Obama 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z Experts say the army’s excessive methods are adapted from British counterinsurgency tactics from the colonial era, known as the “four cuts.” Myanmar’s Leader Faulted for Silence as Army Campaigns Against Rohingya 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Despite being a marine, he co-authored the army’s counterinsurgency field manual with David Petraeus, which cautioned restraint and discrimination in lethal force. Donald Trump announces James Mattis as his choice for secretary of defense 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z In doing so, officers are also taking on classic counterinsurgency roles, becoming actors of local governance, addressing grievances and dispensing swift battlefield justice. Local intel key in house-to-house battle for Iraq's Mosul 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z But this much seems clear: The moment calls for some sort of hyperfactual counterinsurgency that treats every false meme as a baby Hitler to be killed in its crib with irrefutable facts. Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook Must Defend the Truth 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z Army’s turn from counterinsurgency to a focus on conventional combat after the Vietnam War that helped to make the 1991 Gulf War a swift and overwhelming victory. When President Trump Goes to War 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z Unlike the counterinsurgency focus throughout much of the U.S. occupation of Iraq, the current wave of U.S. involvement, which began in 2014, is focused on helping to regain territory lost to the Islamic State group. For loved ones, emotional JBLM reunion with soldiers fighting ISIS 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Transitioning the U.S.-led coalition toward training the Iraqis in counterinsurgency presents some irony, as that was American forces' central focus before fully withdrawing from Iraq in 2011. ISIS on the Defensive in Mosul Campaign 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Two years ago Mr. Obama called U.S. policy in Yemen of model of counterinsurgency. Obama’s Iran Missile War 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Dorrian said international military advisers are training Iraqi border guards and police in counterinsurgency tactics to give them tools to better prevent Islamic State fighters from escaping. Europe Concerned About Return of Islamic State Militants 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Donald Trump, surprised that nuclear weapons are inappropriate to counterinsurgency, has a long history of irrepressible urges and tropisms. The Gathering Nuclear Storm 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z “So they were not directly accountable, but it was still a fundamental part of counterinsurgency strategy.” ‘Plan Colombia’: How Washington learned to love Latin American intervention again 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z There was a counterterrorism-only policy in the first Bush term, followed by a fully resourced counterinsurgency campaign in the early years of the Obama administration. Hamid Karzai: Afghanistan’s bridge-building president or just a corrupt pol? 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Just for the record, remember this: "A prudent great power should avoid becoming a third-party expeditionary force in a large-scale counterinsurgency." Inside the Long War 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Several other insurgencies in the northeastern states of Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura and Assam — all of which share borders with either Myanmar or Bangladesh — are keeping Indian security forces on a near-constant counterinsurgency mode. A look at the conflicts that have plagued India for decades 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z Most U.S. troops are involved in training or counterinsurgency. Attack on Hazaras raises fears of Sunni-Shiite violence in Afghanistan 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z But as a counterinsurgency program, Plan Colombia — along with the various forms of covert U.S. assistance that came with it — has been an undisputed success. ‘Plan Colombia’: How Washington learned to love Latin American intervention again 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z There were competing tensions even within American counterinsurgency practice. Hamid Karzai: Afghanistan’s bridge-building president or just a corrupt pol? 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Equally alarming for the country’s stability is that the coup attempt involved only part of the military, indicating serious rifts in an organization that, through earlier coups, bitter counterinsurgency and the Ergenekon tragedy, maintained solidarity. The coup attempt is bad news for Turkey’s democracy 2016-07-16T04:00:00Z But in 2010, he was hired by a defense subcontractor to advise on counterinsurgency tactics in Afghanistan, a position Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal told prosecutors was “hugely important” to the war effort. Fox News commentator who feds say faked a CIA career sentenced to 33 months in prison 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Think of it as a counterinsurgency within the Republican revolution. 'Never Trump' forces converge on Cleveland for last stand over party's nomination 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z More recently, U.S. military personnel put community policing principles into practice with great effect in counterinsurgency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Is the police-community relationship in America beyond repair? 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z The United States then installed the first in a long line of military dictators and, on and off for the next four decades, provided regimes with money, weapons, intelligence support and counterinsurgency training. The Secrets in Guatemala’s Bones 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The Pentagon is preparing for what Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work called “network-on-network warfare” against more traditional rivals, such as China and Russia, after more than a decade of counterinsurgency warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan. Robots, swarming drones and ‘Iron Man’: Welcome to the new arms race 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Iraq, which began in 2003 as a classic movement of state-versus-state warfare with tanks and a big invading force, evolved into another counterinsurgency campaign. The War of the Future? Picture Big Armies and Many Fronts 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z With so many jobs being done by civilians, the Army sent soldiers into Iraq and Afghanistan who were trained to do one task: conduct counterinsurgency operations, including patrols and raids. It’s Rucksacks and Foxholes as Army Goes Old School for New Conflicts 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z “During an average counterinsurgency operation, general law and order has become more important to tackle than the actual operation itself. It’s a matter of serious concern,” top paramilitary officer Nalin Prabhat said. Kashmir villagers rise up, foil rebel-hunting Indian troops 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z “That’s why we need to step up our cooperation with Egypt and work more closely with their military on enhancing counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations.” Egypt’s Allies Rally Amid Fears Over Worsening Security 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z This is not to say that America’s drone campaign is “winning hearts and minds,” to borrow that imperious slogan of U.S. counterinsurgency doctrine. Drone blowback in Pakistan is a myth. Here’s why. 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z “We should not expect the Chinese and Russians to forgo counterinsurgency warfare,” said Kathleen H. Hicks, the director of the international security program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The War of the Future? Picture Big Armies and Many Fronts 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z In any counterinsurgency campaign, foreign forces helping another country must strike a balance. Take the Gloves Off Against the Taliban 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z A counterinsurgency on this scale takes time and enormous military resources, and for every village recaptured there is a fresh suicide bombing or assault on a military outpost. Nigeria Needs U.S. Help Against Boko Haram 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z But the surge and the counterinsurgency strategy failed. We need an American Foreign Legion 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Scaparrotti, a counterinsurgency veteran of the war in Afghanistan, spent his latest tour leading U.S. forces supporting the South Korean military against the threat of its northern neighbor. U.S., NATO Look to Combat an Aggressive Russia 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Today American forces are fighting yet another counterinsurgency against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. The War of the Future? Picture Big Armies and Many Fronts 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z The group has been largely subdued since Manila launched an intense counterinsurgency effort backed by U.S. A shocking beheading is a reminder of the terror threat in the Philippines 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z And Obama attempted to rebuild Afghanistan almost despite himself; he embraced state-building and counterinsurgency early in his tenure, only to disentangle himself as soon as he could. Why America is terrible at making the world a better place 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z On subsequent trips, as he rose in rank, Petraeus walked her through his plans to train and equip Iraqi Army troops, a forerunner of the counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan. How Hillary Clinton Became a Hawk 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Gorka, incidentally, is an expert in counterinsurgency and irregular warfare, and is the Distinguished Chair of Military Theory at Marine Corps University. Inside the Beltway: A teachable moment for Donald Trump 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z The interchange and the exercise showed that as American forces learn conventional warfare, they continue to train in counterinsurgency tactics to take on the Islamic State, Al Qaeda, the Taliban — or some other group. The War of the Future? Picture Big Armies and Many Fronts 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z “Abuses are part and parcel of Tatmadaw military culture, fostered by six decades of counterinsurgency operations all over the country,” says Anthony Davis, a regional security analyst with IHS-Jane’s. Burma’s Transition to Civilian Rule Hasn’t Stopped the Abuses of Its Ethnic Wars 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z According to Osorio, they may “clarify the U.S. intelligence role in the coup and in general what was their stance around the counterinsurgency operations of the Argentine military.” Obama’s Bittersweet Visit to Argentina 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z Between Iraq and Afghanistan, there are up to 400,000 Americans who’ve suffered traumatic brain injuries from battling IED’s and other aspects of American counterinsurgency wars. Democrats, you can’t vote for Hillary: The case for writing in Bernie Sanders If Hillary Clinton is the nominee 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, while the U.S. military concentrated on counterinsurgency warfare during the past decade, Russia was making impressive advances in electronic warfare and other military technologies. Mr. Obama’s defense budget reflects a new age of military deterrence 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z Originally designed as aid towards counternarcotics, Plan Colombia evolved in areas such as military assistance, counterinsurgency and rural development. We've Come a Long Way, Colombia 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Kennedy envisioned the automatic rifle as the perfect counterinsurgency weapon in South Vietnam. Obama’s gun control executive order directs Pentagon to make firearms safer, not more lethal 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z His 4 February meeting with President Barack Obama will celebrate 15 years and some $10bn in US counterinsurgency and anti-narcotics aid to its staunchest ally in the region. Colombia asks US to remove Farc from terror list in event of peace deal 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z The Iraqi army that we left in 2011 was an army that had been trained for counterinsurgency. The Iraq War’s tragic epilogue: Why America may never truly be able to leave 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z Published Monday, the five-paragraph letter denounced the counterinsurgency campaign as a “deliberate massacre” of the country’s Kurdish minority and urged the government to stop the offensive. Turkey Cracks Down on Critics of Campaign Against Kurdish Rebels 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z The Turkish military started a major counterinsurgency campaign last month, imposing round-the-clock curfews in Kurdish areas to drive Kurdish militants out of their strongholds. Turkey Releases Detained Academics Who Signed Petition Defending Kurds 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z An RAF team will help the Nigerian air force in counterinsurgency and protection of airfields. UK to deploy more armed forces to Nigeria to advise on Boko Haram 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z As groups in the Sahel and the Horn decide which terror franchise they will sign up to, there is a great need for robust counterinsurgency efforts. Africa blighted by multiple Jihadist threats - BBC News 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z The Iraqi military and police forces expanded rapidly from 2004 to 2006, adapting to the counterinsurgency mission,” according to a report by the U.S. The Iraq War’s tragic epilogue: Why America may never truly be able to leave 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z ISTANBUL—At least 12 signatories of an open letter criticizing the Turkish government’s fight against Kurdish militants were temporarily detained Friday, as authorities stepped up efforts to muzzle public criticism of the counterinsurgency campaign. Turkey Cracks Down on Critics of Campaign Against Kurdish Rebels 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z His body was found the next day at the morgue, among the many other young men who were killed during last week's counterinsurgency operations by government forces. Burundi: Police accused of unlawful killings of civilians after attacks on 3 military bases 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Stepping up our training efforts will help support the armed forces of Nigeria for crucial counterinsurgency operations.” UK to deploy more armed forces to Nigeria to advise on Boko Haram 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z What should a counterinsurgency strategy mean for the actual conduct of foreign policy? How to Beat Islamic State 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z This is the basis of U.S. counterinsurgency doctrine, as well as common sense. Trump Makes George W. Bush Look Good 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Scott Mann, who teaches Green Berets at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, how to win over the native population in a counterinsurgency, said flatly that “America is losing this war against ISIS.” ISIS expanded as Obama stayed on the sidelines 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z “Success demands a new strategy: a coordinated series of regional counterinsurgency campaigns.” ISIS, al Qaeda are ‘winning’: Study 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z That’s a tall order for an Iraqi government increasingly under Iran’s thumb, and dependent on Shiite militias whose preferred counterinsurgency methods are burning Sunni villages and drilling Sunni skulls with power tools. On the Front Line Against Islamic State 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z A key part of our counterinsurgency response should involve getting the Iraqi and Syrian Kurds off the sidelines. How to Beat Islamic State 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z President Obama sent troops back to Iraq in late 2014, so I grudgingly wrote the article because I didn’t want another American to be sent off to never-ending counterinsurgency wars. No, really, I’ll only vote for Bernie Sanders — and Paris helps explain why 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z All of these were interventions in civil wars or counterinsurgencies, committing conventional U.S. forces to solving interminable social conflicts and nation-building. The U.S. must send ground forces to eliminate the Islamic State 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z The best military course of action to pursue against the extremists is a counterinsurgency. ISIS, al Qaeda are ‘winning’: Study 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Army / Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual, which was written to facilitate a common understanding of the problems inherent in counterinsurgency campaigns. The Secret to Problem Solving, According to the Military 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Fair rejected the research done by David Kilcullen, a former counterinsurgency adviser to Gen. David Petraeus, and Andrew Exum, a fellow at the Center for a New American Security, that said otherwise. “I AM a rambo b**ch”: Meet the drone defender who hates neo-cons, attacks Glenn Greenwald — and may have conflicts of her own 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z As a result, the U.S. was caught off guard by the tactical requirements of counterinsurgency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Obama’s Military Policy: Down-Size While Threats Rise 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z While they did not respond, Deputy Defense Minister Ivan Vega, who runs counterinsurgency efforts in the river valley, said that he knew of no military officials under investigation. Peru announces probe after AP reports on military turning blind eye to cocaine flights 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Deputy Defense Minister Ivan Vega, who runs counterinsurgency efforts in the region, said no military officials were under investigation to his knowledge. Unimpeded 'air bridge' casts suspicion on Peru's armed forces 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Turkey embarked on a concerted counterinsurgency campaign, placing towns under curfew and conducting airstrikes against PKK mountain redoubts, including camps across the border in northern Iraq. The deadly politics behind Turkey’s worst terrorist attack 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z "High-value targeting is most effective when it is combined with other counterinsurgency measures," said Thomas Joscelyn, a witness at the Tuesday committee hearing and senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Did Poor U.S. Planning Prompt Russia's Rise in Syria? 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Petraeus, as commander of coalition troops in Iraq, in part applied the general’s counterinsurgency tactic of coordinating military force with political and economic measures. John R. Galvin, NATO commander at the close of the Cold War, dies at 86 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z “Destroying homes, neighbourhoods and livelihoods is a textbook example of how to lose a counterinsurgency campaign,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, the organisation’s director in the Middle East and North Africa. Egypt condemned over human rights record in northern Sinai 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z "Destroying homes, neighborhoods and livelihoods is a textbook example of how to lose a counterinsurgency campaign," said Sarah Leah Whitson, the organization's director in the Middle East and North Africa. Human Rights Watch says civilians harmed as Egypt military creates northern Sinai buffer zone 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z The vast majority of those killed were at the hands of state security, death squads, intelligence units, police officers and military counterinsurgency forces, according to a U.N. truth commission report. Guatemala Outsources a Corruption Crackdown 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z "Unfortunately, there are currently no boots on the ground truly capable of implementing a large-scale counterinsurgency strategy." Did Poor U.S. Planning Prompt Russia's Rise in Syria? 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z But after leaving the White House, she worked as a freelance journalist, visiting Afghanistan in 2010 to embed with U.S. troops for an article about the military’s counterinsurgency efforts against the Taliban. Between Iraq and a Hawk Base 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z “Today the vote against Pérez Molina, who was an architect of counterinsurgency war in Guatemala, is a victory for popular organisation and mobilisation, and for a new alliance of democratic forces.” Otto Pérez Molina loses presidential immunity in Guatemala congress vote 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z On foot, helicopter and horseback, ArmySpecial Forces showed that if the U.S. was to win a long counterinsurgency war against Islamic extremists, the special skills of Green Berets would be fundamental. Green Berets have growing doubts of duties with skittish political leadership 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z The scam is rooted in a long tradition of customs corruption in the country, as successive military governments tried to raise funds for counterinsurgency operations during Guatemala’s 36-year-long civil war. Guatemalan president sees growing threat of impeachment amid scandal 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z It was the third major attack in Cairo recently, as militant groups defy the government’s strengthened counterinsurgency campaign. Your Thursday Evening Briefing 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z The Egyptians are scared,” said Brian Fishman, a counterterrorism research fellow at the New America Foundation who previously taught counterinsurgency strategy at West Point. Islamic State takes hold in Libya; Arab League weighs airstrikes in emergency meeting 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z With the U.S. effort in Iraq faltering, Gen. David Petraeus unveiled a new counterinsurgency strategy that year. In Iraq, I raided insurgents. In Virginia, the police raided me. 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z “We in the West have bought into this idea that insurgency and counterinsurgency is a battle for hearts and minds,” he said. ISIS Transforming Into Functioning State That Uses Terror as Tool 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Over the phone, Tierney spoke with Salon about ISIS, nation-building and why the military destroyed all its counterinsurgency notes after the Vietnam War. “The U.S. often goes to war very overconfident about how the war will turn out” 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z But, according to one military official interviewed at the time, “This is not about development—it’s about counterinsurgency.” What I Saw in Afghanistan 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z The U.S. military in 2007 was committed to a counterinsurgency strategy that emphasized protecting Afghan civilians. For a Marine unit, the battle to restore reputation goes on 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z The counterinsurgency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan went on for eight and 14 years, respectively. How to defeat the Islamic State 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z A: Well, we have an organization within the Government that is responsible for dealing with counterinsurgency—focused primarily on five or six countries which are particularly vulnerable. Robert Kennedy Speaks His Mind in 1963 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z But even then there was something of a darker side, in a sense in that the U.S. participation in the Philippines triggered a counterinsurgency war. “The U.S. often goes to war very overconfident about how the war will turn out” 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z From RAND, he recruited heavily to help lead the counterinsurgency charge in Vietnam, creating a team popularly known as “McNamara’s Whiz Kids.” The CIA’s forgotten whistleblower: Meet the man who exposed America’s torture policy in Vietnam 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z “During the Iraq War, a lot of attention was paid to counterinsurgency but really not to raising security forces, which was the true exit strategy from Iraq,” he said. Iraq forces ex-trainers see fatal flaws for Iraqi soldiers 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z The current U.S.-led coalition is following the counterinsurgency model used in Iraq and Afghanistan for more than a decade, but the Islamic State is not an insurgency. How to defeat the Islamic State 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z The victims come overwhelmingly from the non-Arab tribal groups that have been targeted from the beginning of Khartoum’s brutal counterinsurgency against rebel forces. The world’s abandonment of Darfur 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z In 2006, Anbar became a centerpiece of Washington’s counterinsurgency strategy when some main Sunni tribes made alliances of convenience with the U.S. military. Islamic State militants seize key areas in capital of Iraq’s largest province 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Elizabeth Gibbs, who married him in 1964, said that her young husband was preoccupied with the threat of guerilla war and wanted to see action on the front lines of the counterinsurgency effort. The CIA’s forgotten whistleblower: Meet the man who exposed America’s torture policy in Vietnam 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z “Restricting the mobility of populations that the state views as being ‘infiltrated’ by subversive elements is a key aspect of counterinsurgency policies around the world, historically and today,” Mr. Bequelin said. Chinese Police Order Residents in a Xinjiang Prefecture to Turn In Passports 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z This does not have to be a “long war,” as has been claimed by those whose politics benefit from that assertion, as well as those whose experience is rooted in counterinsurgency. How to defeat the Islamic State 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Gen. Dunford’s firsthand knowledge of conventional combat and counterinsurgency will serve him well as he faces perhaps the armed forces’ biggest social movement: female commandos. Joseph Dunford, new Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, to make call on women in combat 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z A major counterinsurgency operation in the Middle East will apparently be left largely to the Gulf States that frequently demand the U.S. resolve such matters for them. The U.S.-Iran Detente Could Backfire in the Middle East 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z He is a retired general who has promised a concerted counterinsurgency campaign. Nigeria opposition candidate wins presidency in historic race 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z It’s unclear how much the winner of Saturday’s election would invest in the next — and probably hardest — chapter of the counterinsurgency campaign. Nigerians vote for president amid fears of Boko Haram, political violence 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z They are a significant part of the legacy of the American war here, brought to power amid a Special Operations counterinsurgency strategy that mobilized anti-Taliban militias in areas beyond the grasp of the Afghan Army. Afghan Militia Leaders, Empowered by U.S. to Fight Taliban, Inspire Fear in Villages 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Now, the militants’ bold attacks outside Nigeria have prompted a growing regional counterinsurgency effort that could finally weaken the Islamist radicals. Nigeria war expands as Chad, Niger send troops to fight Boko Haram 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z His counterinsurgency measures at that time had some success, but not nearly as much as in Iraq. Petraeus Reaches Plea Deal Over Giving Classified Data to His Lover 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Last Dec. 1, 14 officers from a counterinsurgency unit of the police were killed in the most deadly attack of 2014. Shoestring Legal Aid Group Helps Poor in Rural India 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z De Kock, nicknamed “Prime Evil,” was a colonel in the counterinsurgency unit of the South African police. South Africa Turns Blind Eye to Its Tortured Past 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z It saw the revival of counterinsurgency doctrine, buried in the aftermath of defeat in Vietnam, and a reinterpretation of that disaster as well. War is the new normal: 7 reasons America can’t escape conflict 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z For Mosul, the U.S. will likely spend far more time honing a counterinsurgency strategy that seeks security for the city's inhabitants and reinforces loyalty with the Iraqi government. US sees Kobani as key win, but Mosul may require new tactics 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z He led the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and was the architect of a counterinsurgency strategy that at one time seemed a model for future warfare. Petraeus Reaches Plea Deal Over Giving Classified Data to His Lover 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Petraeus led U.S. forces in Iraq during the surge that turned the tide of the war there and is credited with drafting the military's counterinsurgency doctrine. Holder says investigation into Petraeus being conducted fairly 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z |
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