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Congressman Ike Skelton
Congressman Ike Skelton suggests how to overcome the threat of asymmetrical warfare by examining yesteryear’s battles to develop strategies and tactics for tomorrow’s conflicts.
John Hillen, Ph.D.
The Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, Dr. Hillen calls for a COIN strategic framework that incorporates all the instruments of national power.
Lieutenant Colonel Conrad C. Crane, U.S. Army, Retired, Ph.D
The United States has rarely accomplished long-term policy goals after any conflict without an extended U.S. military presence to ensure proper results from the peace.
Colonel Peter R. Mansoor, U.S. Army
Major Mark S. Ulrich, U.S. Army
A new tool from the Army/Marine Counterinsurgency (COIN) Center can help bridge the gap between COIN doctrine and real results on the ground.
Captain Travis Patriquin, U.S. Army
Long ago, Saddam Hussein positioned loyal Ba’athists in Tal Afar to neutralize political and ethnic enclaves, and they now support the insurgent forces in the city.
Colonel Gregory Wilson, U.S. Army
Operation Enduring Freedom-Philippines offers a template for how to succeed in counterinsurgency.
Thomas A. Marks, Ph.D
The former pupil has eclipsed its teacher. Under President Uribe and a dynamic cast of military reformers, Colombia has now neutralized its longstanding insurgency.
Major Niel Smith, U.S. Army
Colonel Sean MacFarland, U.S. Army
The “Anbar Awakening”—what some have called the “Gettysburg of Iraq”—resulted from the careful application of multiple lines of operation, among them the deliberate cultivation of local leaders.
Colonel Sean MacFarland, U.S. Army
A major player in the Anbar Awakening recalls how joint-force cooperation led to the turnaround in Ramadi.
Lieutenant Colonel Ross A. Brown, U.S. Army
A former squadron commander discusses his unit’s year in Iraq and lists his 11 commandants for winning the COIN war in South Baghdad.
Lieutenant General David W. Barno, U.S. Army, Retired
The former commander of Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan offers his assessment of operations in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban.
Colonel (P) Patrick Donahue, U.S. Army
Lieutenant Colonel Michael Fenzel, U.S. Army
Two principals describe how Combined Task Force Devil employed a balanced strategy of kinetic, non-kinetic, and political actions to quiet eastern Afghanistan during OIF VI.
Colonel Ralph O. Baker, U.S. Army
In a companion piece to an earlier article on information operations, a successful BCT commander describes how he revamped his intelligence approach for COIN.
Lieutenant Colonel Jack Marr, U.S. Army
Major John Cushing, U.S. Army
Major Brandon Garner, U.S. Army
Captain Richard Thompson, U.S. Army
Human terrain mapping offers a systematic method to obtain the information Soldiers need to succeed in counterinsurgency.
Major Vernie Liebl, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired
We are ignoring a valuable source of intelligence by failing to search documents, hard drives, and other exploitable detritus found in the course of operations.
Lieutenant Colonel Robert P. Whalen Jr., U.S. Army
Using cold war doctrine, long-range surveillance (LRS) companies are meeting an urgent, enduring need in Iraq.
Brigadier General Joseph Anderson, U.S. Army
Colonel Gary Volesky, U.S. Army
Population control measures are an important part of the current plan to stabilize Baghdad.
Sean McFate
Creating a professional indigenous security force depends on the competent vetting of candidates for that force.
Montgomery McFate, J.D., Ph.D
To defeat the insurgents who employ improvised explosive devices, commanders should focus less on the bomb than on the bomb maker.
Lieutenant Colonel Michael Eisenstadt, U.S. Army Reserve
As the “Anbar Awakening” suggests, tribal engagement could be a key to success in Iraq. MR presents a useful primer on the subject.
Lieutenant Colonel Leonard J. DeFrancisci, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve
During the second battle of Fallujah, civil affairs teams in Marine Regimental Combat Team 1 wielded money to shape the battlespace.
James E. Shircliffe Jr.
Micro-financial services that offer very small loans and savings accounts to the less affluent should be part of all U.S. stability operations.
Major Gary J. Morea, U.S. Army
Islamic separatists in the Mindanao island group are slowly being assimilated back into Philippine society through a process of amnesty, reintegration, and reconciliation.
Major James B. Cogbill, U.S. Army
Well before D-Day, America planned to protect European art and cultural treasures. Failure to do the same in Iraq suggests we need a permanent DOD structure to ensure we don’t repeat our mistake.
General David H. Petraeus, U.S. Army
General Petraeus talks on the essential tasks necessary for successful COIN.
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