DUYVESTEYN Isabelle

Hearts and minds,cultiral awareness and good intelligence: the blueprint for successful counter-insurgency?/ Isabelle Duyvesteyn - 2011

This article focuses on some of the notable non-kinetic aspects of counter-insurgency and aims to critically reflect on their role and importance. It argues that the hearts and minds ideas, the emphasis on intelligence and cultural awareness are often problematic both for their methodological foundations and empirical weight. The article closes by identifying avenues for further research.


COUNTERINSURGENCY--INTELLIGENCE
COUNTERINSURGENCY--CULTURAL AWARENESS