Counterinsurgency best practices and their applicability in North India

Counter-Insurgency Best Practices: Applicability to Northeast India

Counterinsurgency best practices and their applicability in North India

Insurgencies by their very nature are a violent struggle against the state for legitimacy and influence over relevant populations. Therefore, in order to win against any insurgency, the first core insight for any counter-insurgency force is to gain the support of the population. Without this support, it becomes rather difficult, if not impossible, to conduct counter-insurgency operations. Coupled with population support is the criticality of efficient intelligence. However, it is not enough to merely state that population support or intelligence is vital for counter-insurgency; an article on counter-insurgency best practices should ideally provide the path to get there. This article thereby discusses certain counter-insurgency best practices and the means to operationalize these practices on the ground. The best practices selected for focused study in the article are based...

Full article: http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/counter-insurgency-b...

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