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106614
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2011.
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Al Qaeda has developed a coherent strategy for insurgent violence that has much in common with the focoism advocated by Che Guevara in the 1960s. In their strategic writing, explored here, key Islamist strategists stress the role of violence in creating revolution, and describe the export of committed fighters to focoist enclaves at the margins of enemy control. In contrast to some prominent themes in recent scholarship, the article argues that physical space is demonstrably important to the revolutionaries, that their development of leaderless jihad is designed to supplement not replace territorial control, and that their violence is avowedly strategic.
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061256
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081441
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119762
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2013.
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The notion of winning local 'hearts and minds' away from an insurgency is a staple of counterinsurgency theory, and points to the essentially psychological nature of such activities. A burst of 'classic' counterintersurgency writing from the decolonisation struggle of the 1950s and 1960s considers this problem,with some author making strikingly psychological points, though much reference to the extensive social psychological litrature. Perhaps as aresult, some classic tests are psychologically naive. Elswhre though, some less - known counterinsurgency writing was at the cutting edge of social psychology.
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148220
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We argue that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will, in the very near future, have a profound impact on the conduct of strategy and will be disruptive of existing power balances. To do so, we review the psychological foundations of strategy and explore the ways in which AI will impact human decision-making. We then review current and evolving capabilities in ‘narrow’, modular AI that is optimised to perform in a particular environment, and explore its military potential. Lastly, we look ahead to the more distant prospect of a general AI.
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087390
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2009.
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Propaganda is at the heart of the struggle between Al Qaeda's strain of militant Islamism and the governments of the United States and United Kingdom. In an ideological struggle, propaganda is critical in shaping outcomes. Both Al Qaeda and the U.S. and U.K. governments recognize this, and have devised propaganda strategies to construct and disseminate messages for key audiences. This article considers the key elements in the Al Qaeda propaganda narrative, and the means through which it is disseminated. On the other side, it assesses the U.S. and U.K. governments' response, focusing particularly on the British effort to define and propagate a narrative centered on British values.
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