... that state-building always involves. Despite this historical record, the popular discourse on counterinsurgency still asserts that all good things go together, that states can be built while instilling mass ... . It is deeply doubtful that the U.S. should want to replicate in Afghanistan the experiences of counterinsurgency in Kashmir, Pakistani Baluchistan, or Sri Lanka. The Obama administration ...

Hearts and minds? Overrated. If you want to run a successful counterinsurgency, it all starts with the person at the top. On Thursday, December 3rd, Mark Moyar will appear ... book here, “Mark Moyar pitches his book as a challenge to that thesis. Counterinsurgency must not be just population-centric. Nor can it be merely enemy-centric, as conventional wars against opposing armies were ...

... from call to call and more time to demonstrate that police work for residents. ... For a counterinsurgency effort to be successful you have to find a way to get an adequate force to space ratio. More police is ... a pattern analysis that will enable them to focus their efforts. I think the mayor is on to something. Many of the principals of counterinsurgency warfare came fromt eh study of gangs.

... : Since February combat veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan have been advising Salinas police on counterinsurgency doctrine, bringing lessons from the battlefield to the meanest streets in an American city&# ... The U.S. military officers advising Salinas on how to wage an anti-gang counterinsurgency are doing so as volunteers, according to the Post, to avoid Constitutional issues. But the camel’s ...

In war, and particularly in an Afghanistan counterinsurgency effort, there are always three sides to the coin: the good, the bad and the ugly. This is especially true in President Obama's new Afghanistan strategy ... made to them. In this vital aspect, the commander in chief has failed. For a counterinsurgency effort to succeed, the willing partners aren't in Kabul or Islamabad, no matter the ...

... Afghan People Have No Exit Strategy — Threatswatch In war, and particularly in an Afghanistan counterinsurgency effort, there are always three sides to the coin: the good, the bad and the ugly. This ... Another conservative website starting to frown on the Afghan mission …. and I do not blame them. Counterinsurgency Incoherence — A Commentary is a post from: News Updated Frequently

Volunteer veterans help California city use counterinsurgency strategy to stem gang violence Famed to readers as the birthplace of John Steinbeck and in supermarket produce circles as the "Salad Bowl of the World," the city of Salinas carries darker renown in the netherworld of California's prisons. Instant respect is accorded any inmate tattooed with the words "Salad Bowl" ...

Fox News reports Counterinsurgency Plan To Fight Gangs November 23, 2009 - 2:22 PM | by: Claudia Cowan The birthplace of author John Steinbeck, and home to sprawling fields of vegetables, now faces one of the worst per capita gang problems in America. Police say the 24 homicides in Salinas, Calif. this year –all gang-related– make the city twice

... something NPS can be justifiably proud of. Second--this also seems like a logical application of counterinsurgency theory--which at ITS heart seems to me to contain a great many tenets of what has come to be called & ... problem of gang violence in America--and then think about what I know of modern counterinsurgency theory--there seems to be a good match here. Finally, while there may be a good ...

... aiding police in a California conduct “counterinsurgency” operations as part of a crack down on gang ... Iraq and Afghanistan have been advising Salinas police on counterinsurgency strategy, bringing lessons from the battlefield to the meanest ... law enforcement, specifically to combat a “counterinsurgency” amongst U.S. citizens? Is this another progression in the preparation ...

... , where data collection occurs in the context of war, integrated into the goals of counterinsurgency, and in a potentially coercive environment ... it can no longer be considered a legitimate professional ... the beginning, the academic discipline was seen as a potentially important weapon in the U.S. counterinsurgency toolkit in Afghanistan. Its mission was to "understand the people's ...

The U.S. military is aiding police in a California conduct “counterinsurgency” operations as part of a crack down on gang related violence in the city of Salinas, a ... nationwide. “Since February, combat veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan have been advising Salinas police on counterinsurgency strategy, bringing lessons from the battlefield to the meanest streets in an American city,” reports ...

... morning's edition. Focused more on exit strategies and time tables than on actually defeating the enemy, it appears clear the the mission can readily be called "Counterinsurgency incoherence." For a counterinsurgency effort to succeed, the willing partners aren't in Kabul or Islamabad, no matter the demands made upon each. Rather, they reside in the villages and towns spread ...

There's little news coming out from independent sources about the Pakistani army's campaign in Waziristan. The suspicion amongst the international journalists and analysts is that the Pakistani army doesn't have the capacity to take out militants without causing serious collateral damage to civilians, and so the result of the present action will be further militancy in the future. ...

In recent history, very few counterinsurgency wars have ended in success. Guerrillas are often outgunned by a wealthier invading power, but they do have two powerful advantages. One is that they are fighting on their home turf, which they usually know much better than the invader. Guerrilla warfare at the strategic level is defensive, even though at the tactical level, raiding insurgents are many ...