Title American and Canadian counterinsurgency strategies in Afghanistan / Federmán Rodríguez

Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 238 pages) : illustrations (black and white) Series Canada and International Affairs, 2523-7195 Canada and international affairs, 2523-7195 Contents Introduction -- Countries with different material capabilities behaving similarly -- Unipolarity and irregular warfare : assessing the Afghanistan intervention's strategic environment -- American and Canadian security beliefs : transitioning to similar foreign and security policies -- Domestic hurdles, Canadian and American foreign policy executives (FPEs') structural autonomy and resource-extraction capability -- Unravelling the research puzzle Summary The book aims to explain the factors that brought about a high degree of similarity between American and Canadian foreign and security policies during the Afghanistan intervention. Specifically, it seeks to explain why, despite their different positions in the international distribution of power, the United States and Canada embraced similar counterinsurgency (COIN) strategies from 2005/2006 to 2011. During this time, the United States and Canada fought against insurgent groups, sought to maintain stabilized areas by mentoring Afghan forces, and invested in infrastructure and governance. These goals, which corresponded to the clear, hold, and build COIN components, entailed sending troops and civilian officials to a war zone and committing financial resources. Federman Rodriguez is Assistant Professor of the Faculty of International Relations, Political and Urban Studies at Rosario University, Bogota, Colombia Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Counterinsurgency -- Afghanistan -- History -- 21st century Counterinsurgency -- United States -- History -- 21st century Counterinsurgency -- Canada -- History -- 21st century Afghan War, 2001-2021. Counterinsurgency Afghanistan Canada United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9783031182792 3031182790

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