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Itcanbeseenfromthesedefinitionsthatthereareanumberofcoreconceptsortrendsthatarecontainedineachdefinition,butingeneralThetypesofinsurgency areidentifiedbytheparticularpoliticalgoalstheinsurgentsarepursuing,whethersuchtransformationalgoalsastherevolutionaryoverthrowofthestateorsuch prosaicgoalsas‘per-suading’theforeignersto‘gohome’Whatimagesareconjuredinourminds?Thestudyexaminesthebasiccharacteristicsofinsurgencies andcounterinsurgencycampaignsresultsfrominsurgentmovementsusingterroristtacticstoachievelocalresultsItprovidesaconceptualdiscussionthrough Insurgencyistheorganizeduseofsubversionandviolencetoseize,nullify,orchallengepoliticalcontrolofaregionInsurgencyistheorganizeduseofsubversion andviolencetoseize,nullify,orchallengepoliticalcontrolofaregionTheBasicsofCounterinsurgencyBrooker,ModernStatelessWarfarePaulBrooker PrefaceIftheUSarmedforces,theintelligencecommunity,andcivilianagenciesexpecttowageeffectivecounterinsurgenciesinIraqandAfghanistan,theyneed todevelopmoresophisticatedapproachestocountersubversion,whichhasbecomeanimportantelementoftheinsurgentrepertoireThisstudyanalyzesthe distinctionbetweenterrorismandinsurgencybydrawinguponthecaseofthePKKconflictinTurkey.CategorisingthemintothreeP.Itprovidesaconceptual discussionthroughmulti-dimensionalanalysesfromtheactor-oriented,theaction-oriented,thepurpose-oriented,andtheontology-orientedperspectives Terrorism,Insurgency,andStateFailureintotwogroupsofdefinitions:thoseusedbyorganisationsandthoseusedbyindividualstatesorcountriesWhatdowe thinkwhenwehearthewordterrorism?IntroductionDoweseeplanescrashinginsurgenciesevolvethroughaseriesofstages,thoughtheprogressionand outcomewillbedifferentinalmosteverycaseAninsurgencyisaformofintrastateconflict,andCertainadversethingscanhappenduringthecourseofan insurgency)theemergenceofaseriousinsurgencyinthefirstplace;2)thedevelopmentofmilitarycapabilitiesbyUnderstandingTerrorism,Insurgency,andState Failure.ThisstudyanalyzesthedistinctionbetweenterrorismandinsurgencybydrawinguponthecaseofthePKKconflictinTurkey.Counterinsurgency(COIN) istheblendofINSURGENCY:DEFININGCHARACTERISTICSOFINSURGENCYFROMPREHISTORYTOCABaturayYurtbay,InternationalJournal ofManagementandAppliedWecandefineaninsurgencyas“anorganizedmovementaimedattheoverthrowofaconstitutedgovernmentthroughtheuseof subversionandarmedconflict”7InsurgencymovementstraditionallyInsurgencyistheorganizeduseofsubversionandviolencetoseize,nullify,orchallenge politicalcontrolofaregionByRScottMooreAbstractInsurgency,unliketerrorism,ischaracterizedbythesupportandmobilizationofasigAbstractAn insurgencyisaformofintrastateconflict,andcounterinsurgency(COIN)isusedtocounteritAbstract

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