Counter-insurgency Articles

American Jihad

Bruce Hoffman | Apr 20, 2010
Al-Qaeda has accomplished the unthinkable: establishing an embryonic recruitment, radicalization and operational capacity on our shores. Our current strategy risks another 9/11.

Curse of the Khyber Pass

Milton Bearden | Mar 12, 2009
Afghanistan is a losing battle. Former-CIA officer Milton Bearden argues the Obama administration should turn to the provinces for answers—and consider arming the militias. Full article 

The Art of Petraeus

T. X. Hammes | Oct 30, 2008
There is no doubt that General Petraeus’s strategies salvaged Iraq. His successes, however, mask a vital policy debate about the future of our armed services.

Afghan Awakening

Bing West | Oct 30, 2008
Can Kabul be saved? More troops are on the way, but a one-size-fits-all surge is not enough. We also need to change our tactics.

Making the Grade: From A to F, How the U.S. Measures Up in its Struggle Against Global Extremism

Lee H. Hamilton
Bruce Hoffman
Brian Michael Jenkins
Paul R. Pillar
Xavier Raufer
Walter Reich
Fernando Reinares
| Feb 29, 2008
The results are in. Did the United States pass the test? Leading terrorism experts hand in their marks on U.S. efforts.

Three Years and You're Out

Steven Metz | Jan 02, 2008
If you can't beat 'em, keep trying to beat 'em? The United States needs a new counterinsurgency strategy—and soon.

Double or Nothing

Andrew A. Michta | Jan 02, 2008
All bets are off when it comes to the U.S. military.

Iran, the Rainmaker

Ilan Berman | Aug 29, 2007
Forecast for the War on Terror: Sunni, but with a chance of Shi‘a.

The Somali Model?

Jonathan Stevenson | Jul 01, 2007
Somalia represents interventionst's perfect storm, but our difficulties there demonstrate the military's limits in the War on Terror.

Family Feud: The Law in War and Peace

David B. Rivkin, Jr.
Lee A. Casey
| May 01, 2007
American law treats terrorism like an act of war, not a crime. The fact that Europeans don’t doesn’t make their way better.

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