Tag Archives for open source counterinsurgency
Blurring the HUMINT/Translation Line
Eventually, strategy just devolves into managing hiring locals to achieve an endless stream of objectives with semi-controlled levels of violence. (Open source counterinsurgency.) Earlier this week, Mission Essential Personnel won a Central Command contract for “aiding in the coordination, planning … Continue reading
Saif Group
Nice history of how Pakistan’s Saif Group has exploited that country’s instability over the last fifty years to generate massive returns. They’re currently looking for a way to drill for hydrocarbons in Taliban territory. (Answer is simple: buy them off.) … Continue reading
Open Source Counterinsurgency In Cincinnati
This story does parallel the trajectory most governance platforms follow when facing such a threat: First, the overreach (think the Surge). Two high-profile shootings in Cincinnati in April 2006 created the perception that crime was out of control in the … Continue reading