Description
Contemporary insurgent groups are multidimensional organizations that challenge state authority ideologically, financially, administratively, electorally, violently and internationally. Therefore, for insurgencies to be managed, governments and the international community should be prepared to use multiple tools. These include informational, economic, political, military and diplomatic efforts undertaken to influence the spawning, sustenance, escalation and de-escalation of insurgencies.
The book adopts a functional and regional approach. In addition to thematic chapters discussing the typology of insurgencies (ethnopolitical, religious and ideological), past and potential responses to them, as well as the impact of advanced communication technology on insurgent activity, the book features a series of case studies assessing the successes and failures of managing contemporary insurgencies. Case studies are drawn from European, Asian and the Middle Eastern insurgencies, as well as the global Al Qaeda network that typifies the post-9/11 challenges posed by internationally operating terrorist organizations. The book concludes with an assessment of how the international community at large has responded, and should respond, to insurgencies.ISBN:9789812104298
