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COUNTERINSURGENCY OVERVIEWAmerican Indian Wars • Philippine Insurrection • Anglo-Boer War • WWI • Arab Insurrection • Banana Wars • WWII • Greek Civil War • Malayan
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United States Army Combined Arms Center
This information is furnished with the understanding that it
is to be used for defense purposes only; that it is to be
afforded essentially the same degree of security protection
as such information is afforded by the United States; that it
is not to be revealed to another country or international
organization without the written consent of the United
States Government department or agency furnishing the
information. It is also understood and acknowledged that
there is no commitment to furnish additional information
(intended or implied).
COUNTERINSURGENCY OVERVIEWPresented to:
Human Terrain Systems (HTS) (17 February 2010)
US Army/USMC COIN Center
LCol John Malevich (COIN Branch Chief)
United States Army Combined Arms Center (U.S. Unclassified, REL to ISAF, For Official Use Only)
Agenda
• The importance of COIN Doctrine
• COIN Mindset
• Approach to COIN Overview
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United States Army Combined Arms Center (U.S. Unclassified, REL to ISAF, For Official Use Only)
The Canadian ForcesStrategic Advisory Team - Afghanistan (SAT-A)
“Better Governance Through
Progressive Capacity Building”
Assist the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRA) in the development of the human capacity and processes needed to design the strategic plans necessary to attain the objectives of the Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS)
United States Army Combined Arms Center (U.S. Unclassified, REL to ISAF, For Official Use Only)
Not Your Ordinary Posting
United States Army Combined Arms Center (U.S. Unclassified, REL to ISAF, For Official Use Only)
Thinking About War
United States Army Combined Arms Center (U.S. Unclassified, REL to ISAF, For Official Use Only)
Non-Linear
Simultaneous, non-linear
operations throughout
the battlespace
Non-Contiguous
Information Superiority
Ubiquitous Connectivity
Integrated Battlespace
Sea floor to Space
Link
Merged Battlespace
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They did not get the memo.
Not on the Net?
1830’s
Post Napoleonic
2004
Post Cold War
United States Army Combined Arms Center (U.S. Unclassified, REL to ISAF, For Official Use Only)
A World History of Insurgency
• 1820 - 1960• French in Mexico
• American Indian Wars
• Philippine Insurrection
• Anglo-Boer War
• WWI
• Arab Insurrection
• Banana Wars
• WWII
• Greek Civil War
• Malayan Emergency
• 1960 - Present• Vietnam
• N. Ireland
• Ethiopia
• Nicaragua
• El Salvador
• Colombia
• Somalia
• Afghanistan
• Iraq
United States Army Combined Arms Center (U.S. Unclassified, REL to ISAF, For Official Use Only)
History• In almost every year since WWII, at least one insurgency has
been underway in less developed areas.
– Greece
– Burma
– Malaya
– The Philippines
– Vietnam
– Kenya
– Laos
– Congo
– Algeria
– Cuba
– Dominican Rep.
– Yemen
– Thailand
– El Salvador
– Ethiopia
– Nicaragua
– Afghanistan
– Iraq
United States Army Combined Arms Center (U.S. Unclassified, REL to ISAF, For Official Use Only)
Global Trends in Violent Conflict 1946–2005
Peace and Conflict 2008 Executive summary, J. Joseph Hewitt, Jonathan Wilkenfeld, Ted Robert
Gurr, Center for International Development and Conflict Management, University of Maryland
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Globalization
Pandemics
Climate Change
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Insurgency (JP 3-24): The organized use of subversion
and violence by a group or movement that seeks to
overthrow or force change of a governing authority.