Colombia's National Security Strategy, A New "COIN" Approach

Abstract

This study analyzes the impact of the Government of Colombia's new National Security Strategy (NSS) over the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) long term strategic plans. For more than five decades Colombia has suffered the terrible spiral of violence. A broad mix of criminal actors representing the far left or right of the political spectrum, supported by narcotics trafficking, have endangered the country's process of democratic consolidation. This terrible path brought death, economic depravation and social unrest. During this time, political parties ranging from socialist liberals to conservatives tried to achieve peace and stability. However, none of them managed to reach a successful solution to these problems, because of their lack of strategic leadership to bring the country out of failure.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 07, 2008
Accession Number
ADA478460

Entities

People

  • Alberto Mejia

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Criminals
  • Drug Abuse
  • Drug Trafficking
  • Economic Systems
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Governments
  • Guerrilla Warfare
  • Law
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Police
  • Political Systems
  • Security
  • Societies
  • Students
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.