1st Edition

Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Modern War

Edited By Scott Nicholas Romaniuk, Stewart Tristan Webb Copyright 2016
312 Pages 31 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

312 Pages
by Routledge

A collection of original works covering all aspects of insurgency and counterinsurgency through a multinational lens, Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Modern War addresses the need to look beyond the United States and other prominent counterinsurgency actors in the contemporary world. It addresses the need to look beyond the United States and other preeminent counterinsurgency actors in the... Read more

Conceptualizing Counterterrorism and Explaining the Terrorism Phenomenon
Olivier Lewis

The Socially Constructed Insurgency: Using Social Movement Theory as a Framework for Analyzing Insurgencies
Shane Drennan

The Crime-Terror-Insurgency "Nexus": Implications for Global Security
Daniela Irrera

Ideological Motivations of Arab Foreign Fighters as Insurgents and Terrorists: From 1980s Afghanistan to the Syrian Insurgency
Roger P. Warren

Al-Qaeda: Through the Lens of Global Insurgency
Michael F. Morris

The Threat of Terrorism to Critical Infrastructure: TEN-R and the Global Salafi Jihad
Colin MacLachlin

The Power to Hurt Indirectly: Deterrence of Violent Nonstate Organizations by Threats of Domestic-Political Costs
Oren Magen

Latent Insurgency: Is the Threat of Militant Islamist Groups in Indonesia Diminishing?
Paul J. Carnegie

Mali’s Rebels: Making Sense of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad Insurgency
Stewart Webb

Crossroads: Tracing the Historical Roots of Modern Insurgency in the Caucasus
Chris Murray

Lashkar-e-Taiba: Regional Insurgent Group or Emerging International Threat?
Stewart Webb

The Haqqani Network Threat: Keeping Insurgency in the Family
Scott Nicholas Romaniuk and Stewart Webb

Manchuria—The Cockpit of Insurgent Empire: A Historical Perspective from the Khitan Liao to the People’s Republic of China
Christopher Mott

From David to Goliath: Chinese Pacification and Counterinsurgency Operations in Modern Wars
Francis Grice

The "Father-to-Son" War: Burma’s Karen Nationalist Insurgency
Scott Nicholas Romaniuk

An Assessment of the United Nations Counterterrorism Initiatives: 2001-2015
Emeka Thaddues Njoku

Insurgencies, Civil Wars, and International Support: Reassessing Evidence of Moral Hazard from the Balkans
Marinko Bobić

Biography

Scott Nicholas Romaniuk is a PhD student in international studies at the University of Trento, Trento, Italy. He has an MRes in political research from the University of Aberdeen, a BA with a double major in history and German language and literature from the University of Alberta, and certificates in terrorism, counterterrorism, and war and peace. His research focuses on asymmetric warfare, counterterrorism, international security, and the use of force. He may be contacted at [email protected].

Stewart Tristan Webb is the editor of Defence Report London, UK. He holds a BA with honors in political science from Acadia University and an MScEcon in security studies from Aberystwyth University. He specializes in South Asian security issues and has written numerous reports on aspects of Canadian defense policy and planning. He currently resides in Salt Spring Island, Canada, and may be contacted at stewart.tristan.webb@ gmail.com or [email protected].