An Assessment of the Philippine Counterinsurgency Operational Methodology

Abstract

The roots of the Philippine communist insurgency problem are multidimensional, encompassing political and socio-economic dimensions. The Arroyo administration recognized this when it formulated the National Internal Security Plan (NISP) in 2001. The NISP developed the Strategy of Holistic Approach (SHA) with the following components: 1) legal, diplomatic and political; 2) peace and order and security; 3) socio-economic and psychosocial; and 4) information. The SHA involves the mobilization of the whole government bureaucracy from the national down to the regional and local levels to address the different aspects of the communist insurgency problem including its root causes. The NISP intends to implement the SHA in four phases called Clear-Hold-Consolidate-Develop (C-H-C-D). This study attempts to examine the government's success so far in implementing the C-H-C-D operational methodology.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 17, 2005
Accession Number
ADA441882

Entities

People

  • Roy T. Devesa

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Insurgency
  • Military Applications
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Systems
  • Psychological Operations
  • Social Welfare
  • Terrorists
  • Urban Areas
  • Warfare

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