Counter-insurgency

Beau S. Vomastic MAJ, FA GAAT EXAM O300 Brigade Operations Exam 28FEB15 (ESSAY QUESTION #1) Assessment of the Establish Civil Security (LOE) and the linkage to the overall end state: The overall depiction of the Establish Security LOE is both accurate and relevant to the end state of producing a safe and secure environment. However, the order of decisive points within the LOE is out of order and could develop complications of achieving the end state if not properly structured. Currently

realism fails counterinsurgency Definitions: Relevant to realism, fail has three definitions: To lack prevention, to lack aim of root causes, and to lack efficiency upon trial. Realism does not prevent future insurgency acts Realism does not prevent future insurgency acts as there has been an increase in the magnitude of threat and the use of the traditional framework around war. First, a notable political scientist, John Mearsheimer argues that what has changed over time is the magnitude

Organizing Insurgency by Paul Staniland, introduces the question, “Do resources like diamonds, drugs, and state sponsors turn insurgent groups into thuggish people or do they help build a more disciplined organization?” The reason this question is asked is because in some cases it suggests that “resource wealth encourages the degeneration of armed groups into greed and criminality” and other evidence shows that “external sponsorship and criminal activity can help leaders build organizations in the

DRIVERS OF STABILITY IN MALI Percy L. Jones II MCCC 04-15 July 30, 2015 Drivers of Stability in Mali The West African country of Mali has from time to time been mired in un-ending overlapping humanitarian, political, economic, and security crises. Notably, the situation in the country became worse when the government was destabilized and later overthrown in a 2012 military coup. Following the coup, insurgents were quick to capitalize on the resulting power vacuum and seize a greater

However, numerous aspects allowed the Byzantine Empire to stay in power for a 1000 years after the end of the Roman Empire; primarily the emperors were focused on the political, culture and economic affairs from top to bottom. This triangle strategy of the empire backed by a greater strategic communication and well-designed political warfare against their rivals enabled the empire to stay stable and secure. There are also few other internal and external factors and advantages. Including some great

extremely effective against the U.S. civilians, U.S. soldiers, and the Iraqi people. It was effective against U.S. civilians because it made them want the war to stop so that the soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan would leave, which is the goal of any insurgency. “A bomb’s ability to destroy a target depends on two things: its explosive power and its accuracy.” (Kaplan, 13). While the U.S. military was using satellites and lasers to accomplish this, the insurgents were using simpler means which created

American Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Games (1959). The game is normally played on a board of 11x11 hexagons with two edges labelled black and the other two labelled white. It is a two-person game in which both players (using black and white counters) attempt to create a chain connecting both of their respective sides of the board. This chapter will stray away from the basics of Hex and instead explore a more specific aspect of the game: ladders. Topics to be discussed include general

Joseph Harris, teacher and author of the book rewriting, brings a technique in the academic writing that talks about how we can rewrite an author’s opinion by being generous and not steal their credits. He names this technique countering. To counter is simply a different way of thinking; how we can use one author’s idea to show another point of view not by dishonoring their way of thinking but by giving them credit for what they wrote. Countering is a significant movement which is not easily created

methodology between the case studies will be correlated. Finally, using existing theory as well as relevant data from the case studies will lead to determining whether ISIS is truly unique or merely a facsimile of other radical Islamic political insurgencies progressing through a certain stage of development. The case studies

Introduction: Wages of Crime: Black Markets, Illegal Finance, and the Underworld Economy is a book by R. T. Naylor based on his views of organized crime and the government’s stance and involvement. Naylor writes from a mostly democratic point of view and presents his thesis quite clearly. Naylor's thesis in this book is that organized crime is a convenient myth handed to society by the government. In this book Naylor sets up four important concepts: first on the black market operations of guerrilla