| ID | 078963 |
| Title Proper | Insurgency of global Empire and the counterinsurgency of local resistance |
| Other Title Information | new world order in an era of civilian provisional authority |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Luke, Timothy W |
| Publication | 2007. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article examines the conflicts with Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran and Kuwait since 1978 in order to clarify how the modern state-form in the region is being undermined through aggressive efforts by US-led multinational coalitions to organise containment structures around Islamic, anti-Western powers, as well as around modernising petro-capitalist regimes, for the benefit of 'stability' in the larger world system. It asks if today's real insurgency is that of fluid Western multinational coalitions, while the true counterinsurgencies are the more fixed fundamentalist, localist and nationalist resistances in the region. It also asks whether weak civilian provisional authorities are displacing during the 21st century those older 19th century models of the strong state mapped out by Max Weber - both in the Middle East and elsewhere |
| `In' analytical Note | Third World Quaterly Vol. 28, No.2; 2007: p419-434 |
| Journal Source | Third World Quaterly Vol. 28, No.2; 2007: p419-434 |
| Key Words | Long War ; Afghanistan ; Iraq ; Insurgency ; Terrorism |