Transnational Insurgencies: Lessons for Iraq and Afghanistan

Idean Salehyan | U.S. Army War College | 2010-03-15

This report commissioned through the U.S. Army War College's Strategic Studies Institute draws on an analysis of conflicts in Turkey, Colombia, Liberia, India, Sudan and elsewhere to provide recommendations for combating transnational insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan. "Once transnational rebels have established themselves on foreign soil, the conflict ceases to be a wholly domestic one and necessarily draws in regional governments," the report states. "Traditional counterinsurgency strategies can only go so far in containing the threat as foreign soil is off limits to security forces."