Abstract of Counter-Insurgency in the Philippines and the Global War on Terror. Examining the Dynamics of the Twenty-first Century Long Wars

Author: De Castro, Renato Cruz

Source: European Journal of East Asian Studies, Volume 9, Number 1, 2010 , pp. 135-160(26)

Publisher: BRILL

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Abstract:

This article examines how the global war on terror affects the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), particularly its long and continuous involvement in many wars of the third kind. It discusses the history and essence of counter-insurgency warfare or low-intensity conflict (LICs) in the Philippine setting. It then explores the impact of the global war on terror on the Philippine military's counter-insurgency campaigns and the current reforms in the Philippine defence establishment to end the insurgency problems. In conclusion, the article argues these reforms and the post-9/11 US security assistance will not significantly transform the AFP's structure and functions as it will be preoccupied with its anti-terrorist and counter-insurgency efforts indefinitely into the future.

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Keywords: ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES; WAR ON TERROR; LONG WAR; COUNTER-INSURGENCY

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156805810X517706

Affiliations: 1: Senior professor, De la Salle University, Manila, Philippines;, Email: renato.decastro@dlsu.edu.ph

Publication date: 2010-07-01