COINTRPE

When Battlefield Success Leads to Effective Counterinsurgency: Searching for a Cross-Regional Theory

Coordinatore	ISIK UNIVERSITY    more  Organization address address: UNIVERSITE SOKAK MESRUTIYET KOYU 2 city: SILE ISTANBUL postcode: 34980 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Oznur Cognome: Kaymak Muhtaroglu Email: send email Telefono: +90 216 5287026 Fax: +90 216 7121469
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Turkey [TR]
Totale costo	100˙000 €
EC contributo	100˙000 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2010-RG
Funding Scheme	MC-IRG
Anno di inizio	2010
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2010-11-01   -   2014-10-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	ISIK UNIVERSITY  Organization address address: UNIVERSITE SOKAK MESRUTIYET KOYU 2 city: SILE ISTANBUL postcode: 34980 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Oznur Cognome: Kaymak Muhtaroglu Email: send email Telefono: +90 216 5287026 Fax: +90 216 7121469	TR (SILE ISTANBUL)	coordinator	100˙000.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'As the frequency of interstate wars is decreasing and violent non-state actors’ challenge to states is becoming more common, the subject of counterinsurgency is increasing in prominence for scholars and policy makers both in Europe and in other parts of the world. Especially the current counterinsurgency campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as increasing references to Al Qaeda as a global insurgency have contributed to the growing importance of counterinsurgency.

This research asks the question why sometimes battlefield success against the insurgents leads to an overall success in counterinsurgency and brings an end to the internal conflict, while other times it fails to achieve this outcome. Although states tend to resort to coercive (i.e., military) methods in order to eliminate insurgencies, these methods, in fact, have a mixed record of success. Even when states seem to inflict significant damage on the insurgents militarily, this does not necessarily bring an overall success in counterinsurgency.

In light of a comparative case study of Turkey and Peru and the analysis of a number of additional cases, this research aims to identify ways in which states can most effectively deal with insurgent organizations and end conflict and violence within their borders. It proposes that in order to eliminate an insurgency, it is more important to find the best method that directly responds to the characteristics, goals, and external connections of the particular insurgent organization challenging the state than to focus on various military, economic, social, and cultural methods based on their generic advantages and disadvantages.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have resulted in an increased interest in counterinsurgency. An EU initiative is exploring to what extent counterinsurgency campaigns and tactics are successful in defeating and containing insurgency while addressing its root causes.