Contemporary Terrorism And Insurgency

Author : Benjamin Schreer,Andrew T. H. Tan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429632242

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Terrorism and Insurgency in Asia by Benjamin Schreer,Andrew T. H. Tan Pdf

The rise of the Islamic State since 2014 has led to the re-emergence of terrorism as a serious security threat in Asia. Coupled with the ongoing terrorism and insurgency challenges from both radical religious extremists and also ethno-nationalist insurgencies, it is clear that some parts of Asia remain mired in armed rebellion despite decades of nation-building. While the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan has obviously deteriorated, there is also a growing terrorist challenge, on top of armed insurgencies, in other parts of Asia. A common theme in armed rebellions in the region has been the lack of legitimacy of the state and the presence of fundamental causes stemming from political, economic or social grievances. Addressing rebellion in the region thus requires a comprehensive approach involving transnational co-operation, addressing fundamental grievances, and also the use of more innovative approaches, such as religious rehabilitation and reconciliation programmes.

Author : Michael Hough,George P. H. Kruys,Anton Du Plessis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122300341

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Contemporary Terrorism and Insurgency by Michael Hough,George P. H. Kruys,Anton Du Plessis Pdf

This volume consists of four individual contributions, with a final summary: 1. Revolutionary warfare and related concepts : a conceptual framework / Michael Hough. 2. Twentieth century classical insurgency, counter-insurgency and counter-terror / George Kruys. 3. Post-Cold War / 11 September 2001 insurgency and counter-insurgency with specific reference to Iraq and Afghanistan / George Kruys. 4. Global and regional initiatives to combat terro.

Author : Robert J. Bunker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136873362

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Networks, Terrorism and Global Insurgency by Robert J. Bunker Pdf

This new book brings together leading terrorism scholars and defence professionals to discuss the impact of networks on conflict and war. Post-modern terrorism and topics of global insurgency are also comprehensively covered. The text is divided into four sections to cover the key areas: introductory/overview, theory, terrorism and global insurgency, Al Qaeda focus, and networks. Eminent contributors include John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt, Brian Jenkins, Stephen Sloan, Graham Turbiville, and Max Manwaring. This book was previously published as a special issue of the leading journal Low Intensity Conflict and Law Enforcement.

Author : Scott Nicholas Romaniuk,Stewart Tristan Webb
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781482247664

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Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Modern War by Scott Nicholas Romaniuk,Stewart Tristan Webb Pdf

A collection of original works covering all aspects of insurgency and counterinsurgency through a multinational lens, Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Modern War addresses the need to look beyond the United States and other prominent counterinsurgency actors in the contemporary world. It also reassesses some of the latent and burgeoning insurgent organizations and networks around the globe and suggests alternative approaches to understanding insurgency, counterinsurgency, and conventional and asymmetric warfare as they relate to insurgency and counterinsurgency. This book makes significant contributions to international and interdisciplinary discussions regarding the seminal features of insurgency and counterinsurgency in modern warfare. It also relates topics with terrorism in the post-9/11 era, including the historical roots of insurgency, radicalism in Europe, and regional radical groups like al-Qaeda and Lashkar-e-Taiba. It emphasizes how issues around insurgency, counterinsurgency, and terrorism permeate or evolve into particular forms of warfare, military operations, and related governmental activities. Using a diversified lens of analysis, the chapters illustrate key elements that spawn insurgency such as insurgents’ beliefs, motivations, aims, leadership characteristics, recruitment methods, operations planning, and responses to state and non-state efforts to contain insurgency. The book also examines how certain terrorist and insurgent operations can remain in the shadows and become secret wars beneath the growing surface threats they pose to the societies in which they breed activity. Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Modern War takes a unique look at a subject that has become widely studied and written about in reaction to modern terrorism and insurgency. It analyzes conditions under which insurgency and counterinsurgency occur from nuanced perspectives that have not previously received full consideration.

Author : Bard E. O'Neill
Publisher : Potomac Books
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Guerrilla Warfare
ISBN : UCAL:B5118516

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Insurgency & Terrorism by Bard E. O'Neill Pdf

A systematic, comprehensive and straightforward format for analyzing and comparing insurgencies.

Author : Aaron Karp,Regina Karp,Terry Terriff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134124152

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Global Insurgency and the Future of Armed Conflict by Aaron Karp,Regina Karp,Terry Terriff Pdf

This volume covers a timely debate in contemporary security studies: can armed forces adjust to the rising challenge of insurgency and terrorism, the greatest transformation in warfare since the birth of the international system? Containing essays by leading international security scholars and military professionals, it explores the Fourth-Generation Warfare thesis and its implications for security planning in the twenty-first century. No longer confined to the fringes of armed conflict, guerrilla warfare and terrorism increasingly dominate world-wide military planning. For the first time since the Vietnam War ended, the problems of insurgency have leapt to the top of the international security agenda and virtually all countries are struggling to protect themselves against terrorist threats. Coalition forces in Afghanistan and Iraq are bogged down by an insurgency, and are being forced to rely on old warfare tactics rather than modern technologies to destroy their adversaries. These theorists argue that irregular warfare—insurgencies and terrorism—has evolved over time and become progressively more sophisticated and difficult to defeat as it is not centred on high technology and state of the art weaponry. Global Insurgency and the Future of Armed Conflict will be of interest to students of international security, strategic studies and terrorism studies.

Author : James J. Hentz,Hussein Solomon
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781315525044

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Understanding Boko Haram by James J. Hentz,Hussein Solomon Pdf

The primary objective of this book is to understand the nature of the Boko Haram insurgency in northeast Nigeria. Boko Haram’s goal of an Islamic Caliphate, starting in the Borno State in the North East that will eventually cover the areas of the former Kanem-Borno Empire, is a rejection of the modern state system forced on it by the West. The central theme of this volume examines the relationship between the failure of the state-building project in Nigeria and the outbreak and nature of insurgency. At the heart of the Boko Haram phenomenon is a country racked with cleavages, making it hard for Nigeria to cohere as a modern state. Part I introduces this theme and places the Boko Haram insurgency in a historical context. There are, however, multiple cleavages in Nigeria ̶ ethnic, regional, cultural, and religious ̶ and Part II examines the different state-society dynamics fuelling the conflict. Political grievances are common to every society; however, what gives Boko Haram the space to express such grievances through violence? Importantly, this volume demonstrates that the insurgency is, in fact, a reflection of the hollowness within Nigeria’s overall security. Part III looks at the responses to Boko Haram by Nigeria, neighbouring states, and external actors. For Western actors, Boko Haram is seen as part of the "global war on terror" and the fact that it has pledged allegiance to ISIS encourages this framing. However, as the chapters here discuss, this is an over-simplification of Boko Haram and the West needs to address the multiple dimension of Boko Haram. This book will be of much interest to students of terrorism and political violence, insurgencies, African politics, war and conflict studies, and IR in general.

Author : Cameron I. Crouch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135230180

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Managing Terrorism and Insurgency by Cameron I. Crouch Pdf

This book examines how governments can weaken the regenerative capabilities of terrorist and insurgent groups. The exploration of this question takes the form of a two-tier examination of three insurgent actors whose capacity to regenerate weakened in the past: the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) of Canada, the Movimiento de Liberación Nacional - Tupamaros (MLN-T) of Uruguay and the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) of Northern Ireland during the mid-1970s. At the first level of its examination, the book investigates the extent to which the regenerative capacities of the FLQ, MLN-T, and PIRA weakened because of an increase in attrition and a decrease in recruitment. The primary objectives of this analysis are to uncover whether a declining intake of recruits played a lesser, equal, or greater role than a burgeoning loss of personnel in weakening the capacities to regenerate of the three insurgent actors; and, in turn, to shed greater light on the broader validity of the prevailing view in conflict studies that a decrease in recruitment is more important than an increase in attrition in effecting the corrosion of an insurgent actor's capacity to regenerate. At the second level of its exploration, the book assesses the effectiveness of five of the most prominent policy prescriptions in the literature and insurgent recruitment and attrition: ameliorating grievances, selective repression, discrediting insurgent ideology, improving intelligence collection, and restricting civil liberties This book will be of much interest to students of terrorism and counter-terrorism, conflict studies, strategic studies and security studies in general. Cameron Crouch is currently an Analyst at Allen Consulting Group, an Australian economics and public policy consulting firm. He has a PhD from the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at The Australian National University.

Author : Richard H. Shultz,Andrea J. Dew
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231129831

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Insurgents, Terrorists, and Militias by Richard H. Shultz,Andrea J. Dew Pdf

By focusing on four specific hotbeds of instability-Somalia, Chechnya, Afghanistan, and Iraq-Richard H. Shultz Jr. and Andrea J. Dew carefully analyze tribal culture and clan associations, examine why "traditional" or "tribal" warriors fight, identify how these groups recruit, and where they find sanctuary, and dissect the reasoning behind their strategy. Their new introduction evaluates recent developments in Iraq and Afghanistan, the growing prevalence of Shultz and Dew's conception of irregular warfare, and the Obama Defense Department's approach to fighting insurgents, terrorists, and militias. War in the post-Cold War era cannot be waged through traditional Western methods of combat, especially when friendly states and outside organizations like al-Qaeda serve as powerful allies to the enemy. Bridging two centuries and several continents, Shultz and Dew recommend how conventional militaries can defeat these irregular yet highly effective organizations.

Author : Luigi Sergio Germani,D. R. Kaarthikeyan
Publisher : Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1932705503

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Pathways Out of Terrorism and Insurgency by Luigi Sergio Germani,D. R. Kaarthikeyan Pdf

Focuses on the social, political, economic, and psychological roots of terrorism. This work offers an examination that explores the dynamics of contemporary terrorism as well as the possibilities and limitations of peace processes undertaken by governments that try to end terrorist violence, tracing the rise and growth of various terrorist groups.

Author : Adesola Nunayon Amosu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Aeronautics, Military
ISBN : 9788428487

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Combating Terrorism and Insurgency in Contemporary Times by Adesola Nunayon Amosu Pdf

Author : Richard Jackson,Daniela Pisoiu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317395218

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Contemporary Debates on Terrorism by Richard Jackson,Daniela Pisoiu Pdf

Contemporary Debates on Terrorism is an innovative textbook, addressing a number of key issues in terrorism studies from both traditional and 'critical' perspectives. This second edition has been revised and updated to cover contemporary issues such as the rise of ISIL and cyberterrorism. In recent years, the terrorism studies field has grown in quantity and quality, with a growing number of scholars rooted in various professional disciplines beginning to debate the complex dynamics underlying this category of violence. Within the broader field, there are a number of identifiable controversies and questions which divide scholarly opinion and generate opposing arguments. These relate to theoretical issues, such as the definition of terrorism and state terrorism, substantive issues like the threat posed by al Qaeda/ISIL and the utility of different responses to terrorism, different pathways leading people to engage in terrorist tactics and ethical issues such as the use of drones. This new edition brings together in one place many of the field’s leading scholars to debate the key issues relating to a set of 16 important controversies and questions. The format of the volume involves a leading scholar taking a particular position on the controversy, followed by an opposing or alternative viewpoint written by another scholar. In addition to the pedagogic value of allowing students to read opposing arguments in one place, the volume will also be important for providing an overview of the state of the field and its key lines of debate. This book will be essential reading for students of terrorism studies and political violence, critical terrorism studies, security studies and IR in general.

Author : Yonah Alexander,Kenneth Myers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317449324

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Terrorism in Europe (RLE: Terrorism & Insurgency) by Yonah Alexander,Kenneth Myers Pdf

This study places terrorist acts in Europe in their historical perspective by examining terrorist and anarchist movements in late nineteenth century Europe. The political and legal aspects of modern terrorism are discussed in detail and the themes and variation in political terrorism are examined fully. In addition, selected case studies of contemporary terrorist movements are considered in the context of the political tradition of the particular country. A comprehensive picture of European terrorism, in its historical and more contemporary ideological and political aspects emerges from this work.

Author : Bard E. O'Neill
Publisher : Manas Publications
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Guerrilla warfare
ISBN : 817049284X

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Insurgency & Terrorism: From Revolution To Apocalypse by Bard E. O'Neill Pdf

A Systematic, Comprehensive, And Straightforward Book That Analyse And Compares Insurgencies And Terrorist Movements. It Covers Activity That Has Since Occurred In Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, China, Burma, Iraq, Sudan, The Philippines, Colombia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, And Elsewhere And Highlights The New Tactics And Weapons Used By Insurgent Groups Including Al Qaida - And Threatened. Author Bard E. O'Neill, The Director Of Studies Of Insurgencies And Revolution At The National War College, Addresses Insurgencies With Respect To Ultimate Goals, Strategies, Organization, The Role And Means Of Acquiring Popular Support, Causes And Effects Of Disunity, Types Of External Support, And Government Responses. To Suppress Terrorism, To Undermine Terrorism'S Ideological Support, And To Win The War Of Ideas, A National Security Expert Needs Some Of The Better Ideas Found In This Book. Thus The Book Is Also An Ideal Textbook For Soldiers, Analysts, Students, And Scholars Who Seek A Better Understanding Of Contemporary Conflicts. ( Published In Collaboration With Potomac Books, Inc. Formerly Brassey S, Inc.)

Author : Ian F. W. Beckett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2001-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134553945

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Modern Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies by Ian F. W. Beckett Pdf

Modern Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies explores how unconventional warfare tactics have opposed past and present governments all over the world, from eighteenth-century guerrilla warfare to the urban terrorism of today. Insurgency remains one of the most prevalent forms of conflict and presents a crucial challenge to the international communi