Analysis of the newest US strategy on Afghanistan and Pakistan. As such, it raises the questions what are realistic goals and ambition levels, differences between strategies of western partners, as well as burden sharing among them. Whether the new strategy will succeed, of course, also depends on Afghan …

The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) encountered numerous problems during the invasion of southern Lebanon in 2006. Division 162, for instance, experienced serious difficulties while approaching the village of Ghandouriyeh.2 Even though multiple axes of approach were available the IDF took the route along …

Uruzgan is een goed voorbeeld van counter-insurgency (COIN), een operatie waarbij zowel vechten als opbouw aan de orde is; elementen die ook deel uitmaakten van de koloniale pacificatie. De ‘inktvlekmethode’ in Uruzgan grijpt terug op de tache d’huile-doctrine uit de Franse koloniale geschiedenis. Deze …

Westerse strijdkrachten ondervinden grote problemen bij het uitvoeren van counter-insurgency campagnes. Een verklarend ‘excuus’ ligt mogelijk in de westerse militaire cultuur, waarin de strijd tegen gelijksoortige tegenstanders centraal staat. Morele, intellectuele en technologische ontwikkelingen hebben …

This final paper is meant to inform about the fight against terrorism within the European Union and the United States. It will answer the following research question: What are the main differences between the European Union and the United States in the field of fighting terrorism? How does the European …

This article is Maarten Rothmans analysis of three strategies of political violence. The three strategies are terrorism, which works by way of fear; propaganda by deed, which works by way of inspiration; and provocation by violence, which combines elements of both. Rothman argues that terrorism specialists …

In de periode van 18 tot en met 27 februari 1942 voerden het Wapen der Militaire Luchtvaart van het Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger, de Royal Air Force, en de Royal Australian Air Force vanuit West-Java, onder geallieerd bevel, een klassieke Counter-air operatie uit. Deze luchtcampagne was bedoeld …

The contemporaneous viewing of Global TV (GTV) during the recent conflict in Kosovo demonstrated that the Milosevic government used 'SoftWar' tactics to attempt to counter balance US/NATO in the global mil-pol regime. The resultant effects upon the bodies politic of the NATO nations may well have helped …