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Pakistan is seen to benefit from its relations with China in addressing the Taliban insurgency and India's nuclear threat. China has claimed Uighurs have fought with the Taliban in the mid 1990s. China is also concerned over Chinese workers in Pakistan.

Problems with insurgency and militant groups continue to hound Afghanistan despite international efforts to stabilize the country. But the country's economy has registered a nine percent growth in the last six years. Reasons for the failure of international efforts include half-hearted support and lack of institution building measures.

Sri Lanka is seen to achieve economic reform through ending ethnic conflict in the country. The Sri Lankan government has succeeded in neutralizing the Tamil Tiger rebels. A brief history of the country is also included.

The Sri Lankan government has suppressed information in its war with the Tamil Tiger rebel group. The government has claimed zero civilian casualties during the war. The media was also barred from conflict zones and government camps.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Before Operation Al Fajr, the second battle of Fallujah (in November-December 2004), an estimated 4,000 insurgents roamed the streets of Fallujah, Iraq, killing government soldiers and policemen and [...]

IN 1965, two years before his execution at the hands of Bolivian counterinsurgent troops, Ernesto Rafael 'Che' Guevara, the famed South American Marxist insurgent and guerrilla fighter, found himself deep [...]

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 [...]

The ethical aspects of the strategy adopted by the Fipipino security forces during its battle against Communist insurgents are discussed.

SOLDIERS from the 3rd Battalion, 5th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, are stepping up pressure on insurgent leaders in the Karkh section of Baghdad, along the western bank of the […]

IT HAS BECOME COMMONPLACE to blame the neoconservatives in the Bush administration for the confusion and continued bloodshed in Iraq. But as we enter the fourth year of the Iraq [...]

Columbia continues to fight against the insurgency even after 43 years of civil conflict. Although the country's defence system has undergone rapid expansion in recent years and increase in massive US funding, Columbians failed to find the resources to beat an insurgency flush with drug money. Some of the problems that have traditionally plagued the Columbian Army are discussed along with some new units created over the last six years from 2006 that indicate the new thinking and strategic shift in the army.

Since the end of the Vietnam War, the study of conventional, high-technology warfare has provided the main emphasis for American military professionals and scholars. With the current insurgency in Iraq, [...]

Malaysia is looking to make a substantial package of improvements ranging from intelligence capabilities to personnel issue as a part of its transition from a counter-insurgency force to a conventional one. The Malaysian armed forces should focus much on Ninth Malaysia Plan on putting their capabilities into service.

THE COALITION and NATO face the complex challenge of establishing a legitimate functioning government in Afghanistan that can withstand the withdrawal of Western forces. To meet this challenge, they might [...]

Scalpel Versus Bayonet Fallujah, Iraq, is arguably one of the most dangerous places on earth. It is also home to more than 300,000 Iraqis (many of whom are fervent supporters [...]

A strategy for a long-term solution to the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan is discussed. The resurgence of the Taliban has resulted in the escalation of North Atlantic Treaty Organization casualties. Key goals should include defeating the Taliban and al Qaeda so that they are denied usable sanctuary.

MULTI-NATIONAL CORPS--IRAQ'S (MNC-I) GOAL of reducing violence, gaining the support of the Iraqi people, stabilizing Iraq, and enabling the attainment of security self-reliance by the Iraqi Government is under attack [...]

The Navy Riverine units to be created in 2006 will face a tough and dangerous task in Iraq, where insurgents increasingly depend on inland waterways to transport people and weapons. The Navy's modern day Riverines will be prepared for a variety of missions, including training coalition partners in Africa and South America in security interaction, customs and enforcement.

Byline: Owen Matthews (With Sami Kohen in Istanbul, John Barry in Washington and Scott Johnson in Baghdad) Could another front be opening in the Iraq war? Over recent weeks, some […]

IT'S MILLAR TIME... Personnel Today's Michael Millar is returning to Iraq to look at the contribution the UK's reserve forces are making in the ongoing effort to pacify the insurgency [...]

IS RETREAT FROM--or withdrawal from--or defeat in--Iraq inevitable? Almost all opponents of the Bush administration say it is. As Rep. Jack Murtha put it in mid-November, when demanding the 'immediate [...]

As President Bush talks of withdrawing some troops, Iraqis are airing the prospect of negotiation between the government and some--but not all--insurgents UNTIL recently, most Iraqis--Shia Arabs, Sunni Arabs and […]