Building Military 'E-COIN-OMIC' Power

Abstract

Today, a great debate in political science is taking place about how the U.S. can more effectively use non-kenetic instruments of power in current military operations. This paper focuses on the military's role projecting economic power and explores whether the military is doing a satisfactory job in employing economic strategies in twenty-first century counterinsurgency (COIN) operations. The paper demonstrates how an intertwined military economic and kinetic strategy can improve the U.S.'s chances of winning the "hearts and minds" of indigenous people while undermining the efforts of insurgents. The paper explores military economic strategies employed in previous U.S. COIN operations; economic concepts in the Army and Marine Corps foray into COIN operation doctrine (FM 3-24) and later Joint COIN operational doctrine (JP 3-24); and whether the military is currently organized, trained and equipped to succeed in this mission.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA521788

Entities

People

  • Richard E. Nolan

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Commerce
  • Department Of State
  • Doctrine
  • Economic Analysis
  • Economics
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Failed States
  • Military Science
  • Money
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • Terrorists
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Economics
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.