Counterinsurgency and Human Security

A Critical analysis of the US Counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq, 2001-2014

Authors

  • Aamer Raza University of Peshawar, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35994/rhr.v4i1.93

Keywords:

Counterinsurgency, Afghanistan, Iraq, Human Security, War on Terrorism

Abstract

In this article I take up the counterinsurgency policy and practice of the US armed forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. By focusing on the Counterinsurgency Manual 2006, I highlight how the US counterinsurgency policy did not fully incorporate the concept of human security. Accordingly, the counterinsurgency operations that were carried out in the wake of the War on Terrorism failed to ensure human security to the vulnerable segments of the populations in Afghanistan and Iraq.  

Author Biography

Aamer Raza, University of Peshawar, Pakistan

Assistant Professor in political science.

Additional Files

Published

2019-08-30

How to Cite

Raza, A. . (2019). Counterinsurgency and Human Security: A Critical analysis of the US Counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq, 2001-2014. Review of Human Rights, 4(1), 64–80. https://doi.org/10.35994/rhr.v4i1.93

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2018): Review of Human Rights

Section

Articles

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