Small Wars and Insurgencies

2000 - 2025

Current editor(s): Paul Rich

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Historical and Political Background to the Erosion of the Rule of Law and Human Rights During Sri Lanka’s Civil War and the Way Forward pp. 971-995: Tameshnie Deane
The limits of covert action: SAS operations during ‘Confrontation’, 1964–66 pp. 996-1018: Christopher Tuck
Moving Beyond Population-Centric vs. Enemy-Centric Counterinsurgency pp. 1019-1042: Christopher Paul, Colin P. Clarke, Beth Grill and Molly Dunigan
Filibustering from Africa to the Americas: non-state actors and empire pp. 1043-1066: Dominic Alessio
At the End of Military Intervention: Historical, Theoretical, and Applied Approaches to Transition, Handover, and Withdrawal pp. 1067-1068: Huw Bennett
Notes on Contributors pp. 1069-1070: The Editors
Editorial Board pp. ebi-ebi: The Editors

Preface pp. 729-732: Ahmed Al-Hamli
Introduction pp. 733-742: Paul B. Rich
The Islamic State and the Return of Revolutionary Warfare pp. 743-776: Craig Whiteside
How revolutionary are Jihadist insurgencies? The case of ISIL pp. 777-799: Paul B. Rich
Global Jihad and Foreign Fighters pp. 800-816: George Joffé
A Fratricidal Libya: Making Sense of a Conflict Complex pp. 817-836: Mikael Eriksson
Belgian and Dutch Jihadist Foreign Fighters (2012–2015): Characteristics, Motivations, and Roles in the War in Syria and Iraq pp. 837-857: Edwin Bakker and Roel de Bont
Who Goes, Why, and With What Effects: The Problem of Foreign Fighters from Europe pp. 858-877: Lasse Lindekilde, Preben Bertelsen and Michael Stohl
A Sectarian Jihad in Nigeria: The Case of Boko Haram pp. 878-895: Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos
Operation Barkhane and Boko Haram: French Counterterrorism and Military Cooperation in the Sahel pp. 896-913: Christopher Griffin
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb: Terrorism, insurgency, or organized crime? pp. 914-936: Sergei Boeke
Shapeshifter of Somalia: Evolution of the Political Territoriality of Al-Shabaab pp. 937-957: Bohumil Doboš
Jihadist insurgency and the prospects for peace and security pp. 958-967: Richard Burchill
Notes on Contributors pp. 968-969: The Editors

Jihad in Jammu and Kashmir: actors, agendas and expanding benchmarks pp. 557-577: Shanthie Mariet D'Souza and Bibhu Prasad Routray
From elite consumption to popular opinion: framing of the US drone program in Pakistani newspapers pp. 578-607: Christine Fair and Ali Hamza
Selling the end of terrorism: a framing approach to the IRA’s disengagement from armed violence pp. 608-635: Gordon Clubb
Development of proxy relationships: a case study of the Lebanese Civil War pp. 636-658: Brendan Sozer
The UK, interrogation and Iraq, 2003–2008 pp. 659-680: Samantha Newbery
Population transfers in counter-insurgency: a recipe for success? pp. 681-701: Spyridon Plakoudas
British counterinsurgency in Brunei and Sarawak, 1962–1963: developing best practices in the shadow of Malaya pp. 702-725: Alexander Nicholas Shaw
Unmanned Combat Air Systems in Future Warfare: gaining control of the air pp. 726-727: Ulrike Esther Franke
Notes on Contributors pp. 728-728: The Editors

Introduction: hybrid warfare in post-Soviet spaces, is there a logic behind? pp. 361-366: Abel Polese, Rob Kevlihan and Donnacha Ó Beacháin
Insurgency-informed governance in the North Caucasus: observations from Chechnya, Dagestan, and Kabardino-Balkaria pp. 367-391: Jan Koehler, Alexey Gunya and Magomed Alkhazurov
Evaluating the efficacy of indigenous forces in counterinsurgency: Lessons from Chechnya and Dagestan pp. 392-416: Emil Aslan Souleimanov and Huseyn Aliyev
Insurgency in Central Asia: A case study of Tajikistan pp. 417-439: Rob Kevlihan
The secret lives of unrecognised states: Internal dynamics, external relations, and counter-recognition strategies pp. 440-466: Donnacha Ó Beacháin, Giorgio Comai and Ann Tsurtsumia-Zurabashvili
The rhetoric of irredentism: The Russian Federation’s perception management campaign and the annexation of Crimea pp. 467-490: Thomas Ambrosio
The Ukrainian conflict in Russian foreign policy: Rethinking the interconnections between domestic and foreign policy strategies pp. 491-511: Licínia Simão
The limits of soft balancing: the frozen conflict in Transnistria and the challenge to EU and NATO strategy pp. 512-537: Ryan Kennedy
What mix of brigade combat teams should the US Army Field? pp. 538-549: David Tier
Cyber War versus Cyber Realities: Cyber Conflict in the International System pp. 550-552: John E. Gudgel
Notes on Contributors pp. 553-555: The Editors

From civil war to proxy war: past history and current dilemmas pp. 183-195: Alex Marshall
Militias in internal warfare: From the colonial era to the contemporary Middle East pp. 196-225: Geraint Hughes
Conducting counterinsurgency with productive power pp. 226-242: Carsten F. Roennfeldt
Purposes and pitfalls of war by proxy: A systemic analysis pp. 243-257: Seyom Brown
Hurray for militias? Not so fast: Lessons from the Afghan Local Police experience pp. 258-281: Vanda Felbab-Brown
Hybrid, ambiguous, and non-linear? How new is Russia’s ‘new way of war’? pp. 282-301: Mark Galeotti
EU initiatives along the ‘cocaine routes’ to Europe: Fighting drug trafficking and terrorism by proxy? pp. 302-324: Eva Magdalena Stambøl
The modern state in epochal transition: The significance of irregular warfare, state deconstruction, and the rise of new warfighting entities beyond neo-medievalism pp. 325-344: Robert J. Bunker and Pamela Ligouri Bunker
Clausewitz on Small War pp. 345-349: Sibylle Scheipers
Response to Sibylle Scheipers pp. 349-353: Christopher Daase and James Davis
War and Society in Afghanistan: From the Mughals to the Americans, 1500–2013 pp. 354-355: Ryan Shaffer
Hezbollah: A Short History, Hezbollah: An Outsiders Inside View pp. 356-357: Adriana Curto
Notes on Contributors pp. 358-359: The Editors

The fateful phoenix: the revival of Al-Qa’ida in Iraq pp. 1-21: George Joffé
After ISAF: partners and proxies in Afghanistan after 2014 pp. 22-38: Austin Long
Decentralising authoritarianism? The international intervention, the new ‘revolutionaries’ and the involution of Post-Qadhafi Libya pp. 39-58: Mattia Toaldo
French intervention in Mali: strategic alliances, long-term regional presence? pp. 59-80: Susanna D. Wing
Northern Ireland and minimum force: the refutation of a concept? pp. 81-105: B. W. Morgan and M. L. R. Smith
Panjwai: a tale of two COINs in Afghanistan pp. 106-131: Paul Lushenko and John Hardy
The ‘first’ surge: the repulse of the Easter Invasion in South Vietnam, 1972 – implications for Iraq and Afghanistan pp. 132-153: Timothy J. Lomperis
Carlo Bianco and Guerra per bande: an Italian approach to irregular warfare pp. 154-178: Andrea Beccaro
Notes on Contributors pp. 179-181: The Editors