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Counterinsurgency in Pakistan

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9780833049766
RAND Corporation
N/A
2010
208 pages
Paperback
26163

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Description

Pakistan has undertaken a number of operations against militant groups since 2001. There have been some successes, but such groups as al Qa’ida continue to present a significant threat to Pakistan, the United States, and other countries. Pakistan needs to establish a population-centric counterinsurgency that better protects the local population and addresses grievances. It also needs to abandon militancy as a tool of foreign and domestic policy.

Praise and Reviews

"Counterinsurgency in Pakistan" is by far the most comprehensive and detailed work I have read on counterinsurgency efforts in the tribal areas of Pakistan. It is both strategic and tactical, raises all the right issues, describes in great detail the operations about which little is known, and has a good mix of military strategy with the politics involved. It should be given the widest readership, including in Pakistan. -Ahmed Rashid, author of "Taliban" and "Descent in Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia"------------------------------------- "Counterinsurgency in Pakistan" is an extremely useful book that addresses the U.S. government's most pressing policy issue today: the situation in Pakistan. It is especially helpful because such a composite and detailed assessment has not appeared elsewhere. -John H. Gill, Professor at the Near East South Asia Center at National Defense University

About the Author

Seth G. Jones is a senior vice president, Harold Brown Chair, and director of the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He teaches at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and the Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS) at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School. Prior to joining CSIS, Dr. Jones was the director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center at the RAND Corporation. Previously, he served as representative for the commander, U.S. Special Operations Command, to the assistant secretary of defense for special operations. He was also a plans officer and adviser to the commanding general, U.S. Special Operations Forces, in Afghanistan (Combined Forces Special Operations Component Command–Afghanistan). Dr. Jones is a graduate of Bowdoin College and received his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.

Counterinsurgency in Pakistan

Description

Pakistan has undertaken a number of operations against militant groups since 2001. There have been some successes, but such groups as al Qa'ida continue to present a significant threat to Pakistan, the United States, and other countries. Pakistan needs to establish a population-centric counterinsurgency that better protects the local population and addresses grievances. It also needs to abandon militancy as a tool of foreign and domestic policy.

Praise and Reviews

"Counterinsurgency in Pakistan" is by far the most comprehensive and detailed work I have read on counterinsurgency efforts in the tribal areas of Pakistan. It is both strategic and tactical, raises all the right issues, describes in great detail the operations about which little is known, and has a good mix of military strategy with the politics involved. It should be given the widest readership, including in Pakistan. -Ahmed Rashid, author of "Taliban" and "Descent in Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia"------------------------------------- "Counterinsurgency in Pakistan" is an extremely useful book that addresses the U.S. government's most pressing policy issue today: the situation in Pakistan. It is especially helpful because such a composite and detailed assessment has not appeared elsewhere. -John H. Gill, Professor at the Near East South Asia Center at National Defense University

About the Author

Seth G. Jones is a senior vice president, Harold Brown Chair, and director of the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He teaches at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and the Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS) at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School. Prior to joining CSIS, Dr. Jones was the director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center at the RAND Corporation. Previously, he served as representative for the commander, U.S. Special Operations Command, to the assistant secretary of defense for special operations. He was also a plans officer and adviser to the commanding general, U.S. Special Operations Forces, in Afghanistan (Combined Forces Special Operations Component Command–Afghanistan). Dr. Jones is a graduate of Bowdoin College and received his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.

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