Reassessing U.S. National Security Strategy: The Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK)

Abstract

The Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), a terrorist-insurgent group with ties to lucrative transnational criminal organizations throughout Europe, continues to threaten Turkey-Iraq regional stability by attacking Turkish Security Forces and non-supportive civilians. Recent attacks have forced the U.S. to initiate diplomacy and intelligence sharing actions to pacify Turkish aggression, but these efforts will not suffice as a long-term strategy To reaffirm regional stability the U.S. needs to reassess its current strategies and policies The intent of this paper is to identify the nature of the threat and the need for an aggressive-synergistic national and multi-national strategy to eliminate the PKK.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 15, 2008
Accession Number
ADA478197

Entities

People

  • Perry Clark

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Counterterrorism
  • Criminals
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Families (Human)
  • Information Operations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Kurds
  • Man Borne Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Psychological Operations
  • Security
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Strategic Security Studies