{"id":6662,"date":"2024-03-31T17:43:48","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T17:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=6662"},"modified":"2024-03-31T17:44:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T17:44:59","slug":"america-still-needs-counterinsurgency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=6662","title":{"rendered":"America Still Needs Counterinsurgency"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6662\" class=\"elementor elementor-6662\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c5411de elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c5411de\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fae488c\" data-id=\"fae488c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-562f301 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"562f301\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b>Author:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/afghanistan\/2021-06-02\/america-still-needs-counterinsurgency#author-info\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Max Boot<\/span><\/a><\/h3><p><b>Affiliation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Council on Foreign Relations\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Organization\/Publisher:<\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Foreign Affairs<\/span><\/p><p><b>Date\/Place:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> June 2, 2021\/USA<\/span><\/p><p><b>Type of Literature:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 Analysis<\/span><\/p><p><b>Word Count:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 2258<\/span><\/p><p><b>Link:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/afghanistan\/2021-06-02\/america-still-needs-counterinsurgency\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/afghanistan\/2021-06-02\/america-still-needs-counterinsurgency<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Keywords:<\/b> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Counter-Insurgency, COIN, Counter-terrorism, Afghanistan, ISIS<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Brief:<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite being a risky option, counterinsurgency (COIN)\u2014a military strategy to provide ordinary people with security and essential services\u2014is a strategy that the US has at hand. Washington\u2019s great-power competition with China and Russia has competitors moving carefully, but insurgency goes on. The writing off of COIN has already occurred in Afghanistan. COIN strategy was initially successful, but failures have resulted from the US\u2019 strategic mistakes. Sending the US military for specified periods encouraged the Taliban to move back to districts and wait for the US to pull its military back.\u00a0 Another reason for the COIN failure in Afghanistan has been the corruption of the army commanders and the limitations of the Afghan military to operate on its own. Though COIN failed in Afghanistan, it has proved successful elsewhere. For Colombian security services, government forces have provided security for civilians rather than simply trying to eliminate individual insurgents or their commanders. The US should have its own COIN success. As it had achieved its COIN success against ISIS, Washington should not directly engage the enemy. Still, the US needs to focus on helping allied militaries and governments (civil-military teams) deal with the threats themselves. Washington should help allies carry out such missions in an advise-and-assist capacity. As COIN can easily fail, the manner of holding it successful is the only way that the US has to take.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>By: Imad Atoui, CIGA Research Associate<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Max Boot Affiliation: Council on Foreign Relations\u00a0 Organization\/Publisher:\u00a0 Foreign Affairs Date\/Place: June 2, 2021\/USA Type of Literature:\u00a0 Analysis Word Count: 2258 Link: https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/afghanistan\/2021-06-02\/america-still-needs-counterinsurgency\u00a0 Keywords: Counter-Insurgency, COIN, Counter-terrorism, Afghanistan, ISIS\u00a0 Brief: Despite being a risky option, counterinsurgency (COIN)\u2014a military strategy to provide ordinary people with security and essential services\u2014is a strategy that the US has 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