A whole-of-government approach : lessons from the Philippine counter-insurgency

The Philippine counter-insurgency bears a lesson for the whole-government approach. It has all the elements for a successful counter-insurgency: diplomatic and legal offensives, citizen’s diplomacy, effective military strategy and the effective use of government institutions. However, the Philippine...

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Main Author: Taharuddin Piang Ampatuan
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Format: Commentary
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/79596
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/5955
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:The Philippine counter-insurgency bears a lesson for the whole-government approach. It has all the elements for a successful counter-insurgency: diplomatic and legal offensives, citizen’s diplomacy, effective military strategy and the effective use of government institutions. However, the Philippine insurgency also shows that the success is temporary if the overall political solution is missing.