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1. Waging Wars Where War Feeds Itself

Author

Claessen, Erik A.

Subjects
Military intervention -- Analysis, United States foreign relations -- Military aspects, General interest, Military and naval science
Abstract

In 2011, Robert Gates concisely answered the question, 'Which of the world's hot spots is the Army least prepared for?' In his opinion, 'Any future defense secretary who advises the [...]

Published
2019

3. Learning from moderate governments' approaches to Islamist extremism

Author

Claessen, Erik A., Jr.

Subjects
Islamic militants, General interest, Military and naval science
Abstract

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ACCORDING TO FIELD MANUAL (FM) 3.0, Operations, 'Landpower is the ability--by threat, force, or occupation--to gain, sustain, and exploit control over land, resources, and people.' (1) When, in [...]

Published
2009

4. S.W.E.T. and BLOOD: essential services in the battle between insurgents and counterinsurgents

Author

Claessen, Erik A.

Subjects
Counterinsurgency -- Evaluation, Insurgency -- United States, Insurgency -- Military aspects, Insurgency -- Social aspects, Activism -- Methods, Social service -- Military aspects, Military strategy -- Methods, Military maneuvers -- Social aspects, Political issue, General interest, Military and naval science
Abstract

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IN DECEMBER 2006, the U.S. Army published a new field manual, FM 3-24, Counterinsurgency (COIN). This FM identifies 'the ability to generate and sustain popular support' as an [...]

Published
2007

5. Discouraging hearts and minds: democracies and insurgencies

Author

Claessen, Erik

Subjects
Counterinsurgency -- Political aspects, Insurgency -- United States, Insurgency -- Control, Insurgency -- Political aspects, General interest, Military and naval science
Abstract

FIGHTING AN INSURGENCY is challenging for any type of government, but for democracies the task is particularly difficult. This article looks at the insurgent's opportunities and the counterinsurgent's challenges when [...]

Published
2007

6. The Urban Individual.

Author

Claessen, Erik A.

Subjects
*URBANIZATION, *MEGALOPOLIS, *BATTLE of Borodino, Mozhaiskii raion, Russia, 1812, *URBAN warfare
Abstract

The article talks about the process of urbanization in the context of war and conflict. It states that urban belligerents use megacities as strategic power sources and not as tactical battlegrounds. It is noted that due to rising population in megacities, the life of people depends on the administration. Topics include the battle of Borodino in September 1812, character of urban warfare, and the Gaza's takeover by Palestinian Islamic organization Hamas.

Published
2015

7. Asymmetric campaigning as a rational choice, planning considerations.

Author

Claessen, Erik A., Claessen, Erik A., Claessen, Erik A., and Claessen, Erik A.

Abstract

There is no shortage of people who disagree with the current state of world affairs and who are prepared to use violence to change them. Are they mindless fanatics, doomed to fail? Or do they have a clever and covert plan with reasonable chance of success? One way to find out is to look at the problem of fighting an overwhelmingly stronger country from the perspective of someone whose aim is to change the current state of world affairs with deadly force if necessary. From this proposition flows the primary research question of this thesis: Is it possible to produce an asymmetric campaign concept sufficiently feasible to constitute a rational course of action against an overwhelmingly stronger opponent? Such a concept requires: first, analysis of the centers of gravity of the asymmetric actor and of the powerful country opposing him; second, the development of a course of action that protects his own center of gravity while attacking that of the opponent; and finally, an assessment of the prerequisites and chances for success. Important changes in the nature of immigration and politics caused by modern transportation and communication technologies have greatly altered the prerequisites and chances for success of campaign concepts that choose the space between human ears as the battlefield.

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