Abstract of counter-insurgency in the Philippines and the global war on terror. Examining the dynamics of the twenty-first century long wars

• Main Author: De Castro, Renato Cruz
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2010
• Subjects: Armed Forces of the Philippines; Counterinsurgency > Philippines; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009; Defense and Security Studies; Peace and Conflict Studies
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/1856; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/2855/type/native/viewcontent
• Institution: De La Salle University

This article examines how the global war on terror affects the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), particularly its long and continuous involvement in many wars of the third kind. It discusses the history and essence of counter-insurgency warfare or low-intensity conflict (LICs) in the Philippine setting. It then explores the impact of the global war on terror on the Philippine military's counter-insurgency campaigns and the current reforms in the Philippine defence establishment to end the insurgency problems. In conclusion, the article argues these reforms and the post-9/11 US security assistance will not significantly transform the AFP's structure and functions as it will be preoccupied with its anti-terrorist and counter-insurgency efforts indefinitely into the future. © 2010 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden.