THE CHARACTERISTICS OF INSURGENCY ACTIONS IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF INSURGENCY ACTIONS IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the present paper is to analyse why and how urban insurgencies affect the counterinsurgency effort, which are the leavers that the insurgents use to get the upper hand and negate the state’s power. A comprehensive understanding of these factors leads to a better understanding of the phenomenon of urban insurgency. Another target for this paper is to present the broad conceptual frame of insurgencies and urban insurgencies in particular for people wanting to get in contact with this topic. This research intends to analyse a few factors that influence an insurgency in an urban environment and say how and why these factors affect the counterinsurgency effort.. Within the urban insurgencies, the forces fighting these insurgencies are shaped and influenced by various factors that are more or less under their control. Urban military tactics in conjunction with political means have to react to unexpected events caused by insurgents, thus leading to a chess like structure of events in which each player reacts to the movements of the opponent. A proactive attitude from both sides sometimes leads to a stalemate that can protract the conflict for years. Combating this kind of danger requires a joint effort from all of the state’s branches and structures.

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