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Tag Archives: counter insurgency
Ireland’s Wars: COIN In The Nine Years War
As with so much of Ireland’s military history, the Nine Years War was an insurgency war for the most part. Save for the handful of bigger engagements and the sieges that took place (mostly by the English side), the war … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged coin, counter insurgency, history, ireland, mountjoy, nine years war, o'neill, war
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Ireland’s Wars: COIN In The Nine Years War
As with so much of Ireland’s military history, the Nine Years War was an insurgency war for the most part. Save for the handful of bigger engagements and the sieges that took place (mostly by the English side), the war … Continue reading
Posted in Counter Insurgency (COIN), History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged coin, counter insurgency, history, ireland, nine years war, war
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The RAND COIN Scoresheet And The Irish Civil War
The Civil War was a very different conflict to that fought between the IRA and the British. It was a successful COIN campaign, a very rare thing. What does the RAND scoresheet have to say about it? Good Factors 1. … Continue reading
Posted in Counter Insurgency (COIN), History, Ireland, War
Tagged coin, counter insurgency, history, ireland, irish civil war, rand, scoresheet, war, war of independence
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The RAND COIN Scorecard And The Irish War Of Independence
The RAND think tank, last year, came up with a “scorecard” method of reviewing counter-insurgency campaigns. The scorecard ranks a COIN campaign in terms of “good” and “bad” practices that take place by the actual COIN force and the insurgents … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Counter Insurgency (COIN), History, Iraq, Ireland, Irish Defence Forces, Politics, War
Tagged Afghanistan, bad factors, coin, counter insurgency, good factors, history, Iraq, ireland, politics, rand, revolutionary period, scorecard, war, war of independence
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The US, Pakistan And Leverage
I see this kind of bizarre sentiment expressed by a lot of people over the last while, that the United States has somehow gained a measure of “leverage” over Pakistan as a result of the circumstances surrounding the death of … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Counter Insurgency (COIN), Middle East, Politics, War
Tagged afpak, bin laden, china, coin, counter insurgency, fallout, india, levarge, leverage, nukes, pakistan, politics, power, taliban, us, war
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The Royal Visit: How I Ended Up In A COIN Campaign
It was while I was in the middle of a three and a half hour journey home from work, because of Dublin Bus, Luas and Irish Rail alterations due to the Queen’s visit, that I began to get a little … Continue reading
Posted in Counter Insurgency (COIN), Ireland, Irish Defence Forces, Politics, War
Tagged bomb threats, bombs, coin, counter insurgency, dublin, dublin bus, elizabeth, hoax, ira, ireland, irish rail, luas, queen, republicanism, royal visit, war
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Counter-Insurgency In Cosmo And Transformers
This is awesome and everyone should read it. A bunch of military figures envision what a Counter-Insurgency themed issue of Cosmopolitan magazine would look like. And from there, I found this hidden gem from Wings Over Iraq, something I had unforgivably … Continue reading
Posted in Counter Insurgency (COIN), Humour, Iraq, War
Tagged coin, cosmocoin, counter insurgency, decepticons, humour, Iraq, war, wings over iraq
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Afghanistan: If You Can’t Beat Them, Integrate Them
The US/Karzai coalition is now going full steam ahead with the Taliban reconciliation plans, with over $100 Million being pumped into the project. It is a vital step. It is becoming clear that the Taliban cannot be comprehensively defeated. So, lets … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Counter Insurgency (COIN), Middle East, Politics, War
Tagged Afghanistan, coin, counter insurgency, karzai, petraeus, politics, reintegration, taliban, USA
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