Insurgency

Review – Insurgency in Chechnya and the North Caucasus

Elizabeth Austin • Aug 2 2013 • Features

Schaefer delves into the breadth and depth of the Chechen-Russian conflict using his military expertise to offer a detailed examination of the conflict.

What if the Hybrid Warfare/Threat Concept Was Simply Meant to Make Us Think?

Dan G. Cox • Feb 13 2013 • Articles

Hybrid warfare is yielding much academic discourse. Yet as the concept currently stands, it is too unbounded conceptually to drive foreign policy or effective military practice.

Gang and TCO Activity in Mexico: Should the U.S. Be Concerned?

Max G. Manwaring • Dec 3 2012 • Articles

Dangerous Mexican gangs have successfully elevated themselves to the global security stage. Yet, nothing of Mexico was mentioned in the recent U.S. presidential election. Should American’s be more concerned?

Review – The Routledge Handbook of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency

Paul Dixon • Nov 17 2012 • Features

Paul B. Rich and Isabelle Duyvesteyn’s new handbook offers an opportunity to survey the state of the art in ‘orthodox’ counterinsurgency thinking.

Where the Heck is Central Sulawesi and Why Should I Care?

Dan G. Cox • Sep 20 2012 • Articles

Sulawesi’s situation has the potential to turn into a Darfur or Southern Philippines-type conflict. The disturbing aspect of this conflict is that it is not on any radar screens in the west.

The Human Terrain System in Northeast Baghdad: The View From The Team Level

Peter W. Pierce and Robert M. Kerr • Aug 20 2012 • Articles

Rather than debating the ethics of social science in military operations, this article provides an inside account of the Human Terrain concept in a culturally complex area: northeast Baghdad.

MEND: The Nature of an Insurgency

Morten Boas • May 11 2012 • Articles

The rebellion in the Niger Delta is an attempt to address social injustice (a strategy) as well as a mode of production and a way of make a living (a tactic).

Review – A Tactical Ethic: Moral Conduct in the Insurgent Battlespace

Harry Booty • Oct 25 2011 • Features

Dick Couch is an individual well placed to deal with the issues of unit culture, training, combat experience, and the misconduct of the few, all of which forms the core of this text. Whilst the book does have several weaknesses, it provides a quick and easy to understand insight into a key issue affecting the US Military today.

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