A Model for Counterinsurgency Success? The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in the Struggle against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (2003–2012)

The Colombian counterinsurgency campaign against FARC, during the years 2003–2012, was successful in significantly reducing the insurgency to its weakest condition in history. The strategy was a result of the transformation of the leadership mind-set, which motivated an understanding of counterinsur...

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Autor Principal: Palma Morales, Oscar Julian
Formato: Artículo (Article)
Lenguaje:Inglés (English)
Publicado: Informa UK Limited 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/27564
https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2020.1780007
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spelling ir-10336-275642020-08-19T14:42:45Z A Model for Counterinsurgency Success? The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in the Struggle against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (2003–2012) ¿Un modelo para el éxito de la contrainsurgencia? Lo bueno, lo malo y lo feo en la lucha contra las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (2003-2012) Palma Morales, Oscar Julian History Colombian campaign Farc Politics State The Colombian counterinsurgency campaign against FARC, during the years 2003–2012, was successful in significantly reducing the insurgency to its weakest condition in history. The strategy was a result of the transformation of the leadership mind-set, which motivated an understanding of counterinsurgency as a political enterprise, demanding the participation of all state institutions and officials. This all-of-government approach allowed to place military action as part of a broader strategy, in which military commanders transformed the way the struggle was understood, placing legitimacy as a center of gravity in operations. However, the latter part of the strategy, the consolidation of state institutions in remote regions of the territory, wasn’t achieved, while extrajudicial killings clouded the entire success of the strategy 2020-06-30 2020-08-19T14:42:45Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion ISSN: 1057-610X https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/27564 https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2020.1780007 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Informa UK Limited Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
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Colombian campaign
Farc
Politics
State
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Colombian campaign
Farc
Politics
State
Palma Morales, Oscar Julian
A Model for Counterinsurgency Success? The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in the Struggle against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (2003–2012)
description The Colombian counterinsurgency campaign against FARC, during the years 2003–2012, was successful in significantly reducing the insurgency to its weakest condition in history. The strategy was a result of the transformation of the leadership mind-set, which motivated an understanding of counterinsurgency as a political enterprise, demanding the participation of all state institutions and officials. This all-of-government approach allowed to place military action as part of a broader strategy, in which military commanders transformed the way the struggle was understood, placing legitimacy as a center of gravity in operations. However, the latter part of the strategy, the consolidation of state institutions in remote regions of the territory, wasn’t achieved, while extrajudicial killings clouded the entire success of the strategy
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author Palma Morales, Oscar Julian
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title A Model for Counterinsurgency Success? The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in the Struggle against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (2003–2012)
title_short A Model for Counterinsurgency Success? The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in the Struggle against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (2003–2012)
title_full A Model for Counterinsurgency Success? The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in the Struggle against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (2003–2012)
title_fullStr A Model for Counterinsurgency Success? The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in the Struggle against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (2003–2012)
title_full_unstemmed A Model for Counterinsurgency Success? The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in the Struggle against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (2003–2012)
title_sort model for counterinsurgency success? the good, the bad and the ugly in the struggle against the revolutionary armed forces of colombia (2003–2012)
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