Insurgency and Civil COIN indicators

[William F. Owen]

Civil COIN refers to the use of public goods and services and government improvements to weaken the appeal of an insurgency to the civilian population. In order to complete my paper, I have attempted to construct a list of indicators that may be effective in identifying 1) an insurgency is growing and 2) that Civil COIN is hindering an insurgency and its support. While my request is selfish to the extent that it helps me write my paper, I do believe constructing a list of COIN indicators may be valuable to COIN practitioners.

So Civil COIN is the provision of social services? The implication being that good social services help defeat an insurgency? Where's the evidence?

Is your thesis that "use of public goods and services and government improvements to weaken the appeal of an insurgency to the civilian population." or actually, that successful insurgencies are reliant of the denial of the same? If so, is that no an entirely different problem?