| Summary/Abstract |
With UK combat operations coming to an end in Afghanistan later this year, there will be a window of opportunity to review the hard-won lessons of the campaigns fought in the Middle East since 2001, and to consider the future evolution of counter-insurgency (COIN). Some might argue that it would be more prudent - and easier - simply to say 'never again'. Yet Alexander Alderson argues that insurgency is here to stay. As such, he explores seven challenges on which the UK should focus as it seeks to learn the difficult lessons of the COIN operations of the last decade.
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