Les techniques issues de la tradition militaire de " contre-insurrection " et d'action psychologique sont aujourd'hui largement banalisées, y compris dans le management d'entreprise, dans nombre de polices du monde, voire dans des groupes mafieux. Mais on ignore souvent ce qu'el…
Violence during war often involves upswings and downtourns that have, to date, been insufficiently explained. Why does violence at a particular point in time increase in intensity and why do actors in war decrease the level of violence at other points? Duyvesteyn discusses the p…
Anthropology and global counterinsurgency
Prés. de l'éd.: Global events of the early twenty-first century have placed new stress on the relationship among anthropology, governance, and war. Facing prolonged insurgency, segments of the U.S. military have taken a new interest in anthropology, prompting intense ethical and…
"Western counterinsurgency doctrine proposes that cultural intelligence is an important requirement for those forces operating amidst the unfamiliar socio-political structures often found in distant conflict zones. Yet while the determination to understand the intricate nature o…
