A Middle Eastern Perspective on Partner Capacity Building
A Middle Eastern Perspective on Partner Capacity Building
Author(s): Habib M. SayahSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Security and defense, Military policy
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: NATO
Summary/Abstract: Overall, counterinsurgency should be rethought from the perspective of Arab-Muslim host states facing a domestic or regional insurgency, far from orthodox conceptions of this paradigm. A renewed, indigenous understanding of COIN could become the strategic operating concept, guiding the “positioning and application of kinetic (military) and political (non-military) uses of power to achieve national (strategic) aims,” underpinning MENA states’ national efforts to address their domestic and regional challenges and improving cooperation between them and their NATO allies. For these purposes we should adopt a holistic, flexible approach to COIN, and train and prepare armies and civilian players to respond adequately to complex insurgencies.
Journal: The Polish Quarterly of International Affairs
- Issue Year: 25/2016
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 98-106
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English