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...