Ford, Matthew Charles (2012) Finding the target, fixing the method: methodological tensions in insurgent identification. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 35 (2). pp. 113-134. ISSN 1057-610X

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Abstract

This article is concerned with exploring the recent observations of Lieutenant-General Lamb who stated that there was no simple binary between counterintelligence (COIN) and counterterrorism (CT). Specifically, the article will use the intelligence-gathering, assessment, and target identification processes and methods used on operations in Iraq and Afghanistan to examine this further. What makes this an interesting exercise is that the effectiveness of a COIN/CT intervention totally depends on whether an insurgent has been properly identified. If the wrong person has been targeted then kinetic, influence, or policing activities are at best exploratory and at worst wasteful or even positively harmful. Thus, by investigating the intelligence model that frames the way adversaries and communities are identified, it becomes possible to understand the limitations in the processes and methods used. At the same time this approach makes it possible to cast light on how and to what extent various techniques drawn from COIN and CT work together in Overseas Contingency Operations.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Global Studies > International Relations
Subjects:	J Political Science > JZ International relations
Depositing User:	Jayne Paulin
Date Deposited:	26 Jul 2013 14:23
Last Modified:	26 Jul 2013 14:23
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/45796

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