IRREGULAR WARFARE:
COUNTERINSURGENCY CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES
COUNTERINSURGENCY CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES
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When: Oct. 10, 2006 Time:9:00 - 11:30 a.m. Location: Room 150B Washington Convention Center U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Center: The U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Center, located at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., is dedicated to the improvement of counterinsurgency capabilities through research of best practices, improvement of doctrine and education, integration of training programs, and by conducting outreach to military and civilian organizations with a shared interest in the theory and execution of counterinsurgency operations. This panel is presented in conjunction with the Association of the United States Army's Annual Meeting. |
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The most likely threats the United States will face in the near future will come primarily from within weak or poorly-governed states – breeding grounds for sectarian violence, radical religious or ideological movements, genocide, and criminal and terrorist organizations with regional and global reach. During the Cold War our military was primarily configured to deter and defeat state-based, conventional military threats, which it did with great success. The overwhelming conventional capability of the U.S. military has led enemies to attempt to defeat us through other ways and means. Indeed, the only outright defeats suffered by western, technologically-based military forces to non-western enemies since the end of World War II have come at the hands of insurgent movements. More information |