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Counterinsurgency and the limits of state-building: An analysis of Colombia's policy of territorial consolidation, 2006–2012

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  • Jorge E. Delgado

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Since 2002 the Colombian government has been implementing a series of policy initiatives that have sought to coordinate state resources in a neo-classical counterinsurgency approach to fight the country's main insurgent group, the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), and recover and consolidate the territory. Despite impressive operational successes against the insurgency and other illegal groups, the government has been unable to reassert its control and build legitimacy via the state-building effort known as ‘Consolidación’, in some of the most recalcitrant areas of the country. This article examines two areas where government efforts at consolidation appear to be failing to discuss the limits of COIN theory and practice.

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  • Jorge E. Delgado, 2015. "Counterinsurgency and the limits of state-building: An analysis of Colombia's policy of territorial consolidation, 2006–2012," Small Wars and Insurgencies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(3), pages 408-428, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:fswixx:v:26:y:2015:i:3:p:408-428
    DOI: 10.1080/09592318.2014.982881
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    1. Fernandez-Osorio, Andres Eduardo & Miron, Marina & Cabrera-Cabrera, Leidy Johana & Corcione-Nieto, Maria Antonieta & Villalba-Garcia, Luisa Fernanda, 2023. "Towards an effective gender integration in the armed forces: The case of the Colombian Army Military Academy," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 171(C).

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