Open AccessCounterinsurgency and Human Security
Author(s) -
Aamer Raza
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
review of human rights
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2520-7032
pISSN - 2520-7024
DOI - 10.35994/rhr.v4i1.93
Subject(s) - human security , terrorism , political science , human rights , security studies , war on terror , criminology , computer security , political economy , public administration , law , sociology , computer science
In this article I take up the counterinsurgency policy and practice of the US armed forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. By focusing on the Counterinsurgency Manual 2006, I highlight how the US counterinsurgency policy did not fully incorporate the concept of human security. Accordingly, the counterinsurgency operations that were carried out in the wake of the War on Terrorism failed to ensure human security to the vulnerable segments of the populations in Afghanistan and Iraq.