The David Kilcullen Collection (merged thread)

[davidbfpo]

A short article via ASPI, an Australian policy institute, which ends with:

Thus, the current approach—in which the United States and its allies, including Australia, seem to be trying to fight the Islamic State without actually fighting—is not only doomed to failure but also likely to have dire knock-on effects. More than a year into the campaign, recognising this failure is the critical first step in crafting a workable strategy going forward.

Link:http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/isl...ling-strategy/

[davidbfpo]

Just had an email notification from the publishers, Hurst (London) that this book is due out next month in paperback:http://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/blood-year/

From the publisher's description:

Blood Year is an unsparingly honest, self-critical analysis of the collapse of western counterterrorism strategy, by one of its original architects.....So Kilcullen’s frank assessment — that the strategy he helped design has failed, that it has not made us safer, and has contributed to new threats, including ISIS — makes this short book mandatory reading for anyone interested in how terrorism is confronted. The most startling part of his analysis is that there may be worse dangers than ISIS incubating in various parts of the world.

The book appears to be based on his essay published last year, it has the same title and is behind a paywall. There is a two minute podcast though:https://www.quarterlyessay.com/essay/2015/05/blood-year