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The Financing of Terrorism, Insurgency, and Irregular Warfare
"This book will analyze seven terrorist and insurgent groups to determine how these groups fund their organizations, the various ways in which funding...
The Islamic State & the Future Terrorist Diaspora
In 2014, the declaration of the Islamic State caliphate was hailed as a major victory by the global jihadist movement. But it was short-lived. Three y...
Sources of Success in Counterinsurgency
An examination of approaches to counterinsurgency from 30 recent resolved campaigns reveals that good COIN practices tend to "run in packs" and that t...
Detailed Counterinsurgency Case Studies
A collection of the 30 most recent resolved insurgencies, covering the period 1978 to 2008, along with a bank of 76 factors that helped or hindered th...
Lessons for Afghanistan from Historical Insurgencies That Have Been Resolved Through Negotiations
A comprehensive review of historical insurgencies that ended in settlement after a military stalemate shows that these negotiations followed a similar...
Detailed Insurgency Case Studies
This companion volume to Paths to Victory: Lessons from Modern Insurgencies offers in-depth case studies of 41 insurgencies since World War II. Each c...
Alternative Historical Analogies for Responding to the Challenge of Violent Drug-Trafficking Organizations, Supporting Case Studies
Despite the scope of the threat they pose to Mexicoโs security, violent drug-trafficking organizations are not well understood, and optimal strategi...
Alternative Historical Analogies for Responding to the Challenge of Violent Drug-Trafficking Organizations
Although there is no perfectly analogous case to Mexico's current security situation, policymakers stand to benefit from historical lessons and effort...
The United States has a long history of helping other nations develop and improve their military and other security forces. However, changing economic...
Building a Strategy for Cyber Support to Corps and Below
"RAND Arroyo Center was asked by U.S. Army Cyber Command's G35 office to develop and document an Army strategy for providing cyber support to corps an...
Lessons from Modern Insurgencies
When a country is threatened by an insurgency, what efforts give its government the best chance of prevailing? Contemporary discourse on this subject ...
Desk Reference
The U.S. Department of Defense has struggled to assess the progress and effectiveness of its information operations. Best practices across sectors can...
Criminal Networks and Illicit Economies in North Africa
"Superb.... This amazing resource fills a critical gap in the literature on North Africa and criminal enterprises."--Kimberley L. Thachuk, Johns Hopki...
Regional Conflict Trends and U.S. Defense Planning
This report analyzes trends in violent conflict and their implications for defense planning. It presents models estimating levels of conflict to 2040 ...
An Assessment of Mexican Security Based on Existing RAND Research on Urban Unrest, Insurgency, and Defense-sector Reform
A RAND team conducted a Delphi expert elicitation exercise, the results of which offer an assessment of the contemporary security situation in Mexico ...
An examination of the evolution of both allied and adversary use of information power, alongside a comparative analysis of capability areas in which t...
Over the past decade, especially, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) intelligence has had to tailor its organization to meet the evolving demands of the operati...
Revenue Sources, Financing Strategies, and Tools of Disruption
Disrupting the financing that violent nonstate actors require is critical for degrading such groups. This report examines the methods used to disrupt ...
"Violent nonstate actors (VNSAs)-terrorist groups, drug trafficking organizations, and others-are increasingly part of the environment in which the Ar...
Every military activity has informational aspects, but the information environment (IE) is not well integrated into military planning, doctrine, or pr...
An Annotated Reading List
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Afghanistan in Early 2013 Relative to Insurgencies Since World War II
The RAND report Paths to Victory: Lessons from Modern Insurgencies added 41 new cases to a previously studied set of 30 insurgencies, examining the 71...
The Finances and Prospects of the Islamic State After the Caliphate
With the end of its territorial caliphate, the Islamic State will almost certainly attempt a comeback. This report examines how it might finance such ...
Afghanistan in Early 2015 Relative to Insurgencies Since World War II
"Previous RAND research examined 71 insurgencies begun and completed worldwide between World War II and 2010 to analyze correlates of success in count...