A Global Insurgency, or Something More?

Abstract

With the Global War on Terror (GWOT) beginning its sixth year and insurgencies evident in various regions across the globe, the underlying question is: are we fighting one global insurgency or isolated insurgent and/or terrorist organizations? The purpose of this paper is to explore the answer to that question. It reviews a sampling of terrorist/insurgency organizations operating worldwide and explores their ideologies and methodologies. Once this baseline is established, the argument is made that Al Qaeda is an insurgency with a global reach. However, the current world situation mandates a broader view than the myopic focus currently being given to a potential radical Islamic jihad.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 05, 2007
Accession Number
ADA469397

Entities

People

  • Rudolph K. Geisler

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil War
  • Counterinsurgency
  • Department Of State
  • Education
  • Governments
  • Insurgency
  • Law
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • Political Ideologies
  • Political Systems
  • Sri Lanka
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • Violence
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Sociology

Readers

  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Systems Analysis and Design