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The course offers students complex information on the phenomena of insurgency and counterinsurgency, with an emphasis on jihadist groups. It examines the roots of violent mobilisation to insurgent groups and analyses strategies which counterinsurgents utilise to suppress insurgencies, such as: a) winning "hearts and minds" of local population, b) brutalisation or c) deployment of domestic forces to break local support for insurgents. The course also conveys information on a number of case studies which demonstrate the phenomena in vogue, helping students to better grasp the topic.
Last update: Aslan Emil, prof. PhDr., Ph.D. (09.09.2019)
The course offers students complex information on the phenomena of insurgency and counterinsurgency, with an emphasis on jihadist groups. It examines the roots of violent mobilisation to insurgent groups and analyses strategies which counterinsurgents utilise to suppress insurgencies, such as: a) winning "hearts and minds" of local population, b) brutalisation or c) deployment of domestic forces to break local support for insurgents. The course also conveys information on a number of case studies which demonstrate the phenomena in vogue, helping students to better grasp the topic.
Last update: Bednařík Petr, PhDr., Ph.D. (15.02.2020)
Aim of the course - Czech
Viz výše soubor se sylabem kurzu / See the file containing the course syllabus above
Last update: Ludvík Zdeněk, PhDr., Ph.D. (25.10.2019)
Descriptors - Czech
Viz výše soubor se sylabem kurzu / See the file containing the course syllabus above
Last update: Ludvík Zdeněk, PhDr., Ph.D. (25.10.2019)
Literature -
Jones, David Martin, and M. L. R. Smith. “Whose Hearts and Whose Minds? The Curious Case of Global Counter-Insurgency.” Journal of Strategic Studies 33.1 (2010): 81–121.
Kiras, James D. “Irregular Warfare: Terrorism and Insurgency.” Strategy in the Contemporary World: An Introduction to Strategic Studies. Ed. John Baylis et al. 3nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. 186–207.
Lister, Charles. “Profiling the Islamic State.” Doha: Brookings Doha Center (2014).
Lohmann, Annette L. “Who Owns the Sahara? Old Conflicts, New Menaces. Mali and the Central Sahara between the Tuareg, Al Qaida and Organized Crime.” Abuja, Bonn: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (2013): 3–24.
Mack, Andrew. “Why Big Nations Lose Small Wars: The Politics of Asymmetric Conflict.” World Politics 27.2 (1975): 175–200.
Neumann, Peter R. "The New Jihadism: A Global Snapshot." International Center for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence, King’s College, BBC World Service and Monitoring, London, 2014.
Ratelle, Jean-François, and Emil Aslan Souleimanov. "Retaliation in Rebellion: The Missing Link to Explaining Insurgent Violence in Dagestan." Terrorism and Political Violence 29.4 (2017): 573-592.
Tar, Usman A., and Mala Mustapha. “Al-Shabaab: State Collapse, Warlords and Islamist Insurgency in Somalia.” In: Varin, Caroline, and Dauda Abubakar (eds.). “Violent Non-State Actors in Africa: Terrorists, Rebels and Warlords.” Cham: Palgrave Macmillan/Springer (2017): 277–299.
Van Engeland, Anisseh. “Hezbollah: From a Terrorist Group to a Political Party – Social Work as a Key to Politics.” In: Van Engeland, Anisseh, and Rachael M. Rudolph (eds.). “From Terrorism to Politics.” Aldershot, Burlington: Ashgate (2008): 29–49.
Yeşiltaş, Murat, and Tuncay Kardaş. “Introduction: The Phenomenon of Non-state Armed Actors and Patterns of Violent Geopolitics in the Middle East.” In: Yeşiltaş, Murat, and Tuncay Kardaş (eds.). “Non-State Armed Actors in the Middle East: Geopolitics, Ideology, and Strategy.” Cham: Palgrave Macmillan/Springer (2018): 3–20.
Last update: Aslan Emil, prof. PhDr., Ph.D. (09.09.2019)
Jones, David Martin, and M. L. R. Smith. “Whose Hearts and Whose Minds? The Curious Case of Global Counter-Insurgency.” Journal of Strategic Studies 33.1 (2010): 81–121.
Kiras, James D. “Irregular Warfare: Terrorism and Insurgency.” Strategy in the Contemporary World: An Introduction to Strategic Studies. Ed. John Baylis et al. 3nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. 186–207.
Lister, Charles. “Profiling the Islamic State.” Doha: Brookings Doha Center (2014).
Lohmann, Annette L. “Who Owns the Sahara? Old Conflicts, New Menaces. Mali and the Central Sahara between the Tuareg, Al Qaida and Organized Crime.” Abuja, Bonn: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (2013): 3–24.
Mack, Andrew. “Why Big Nations Lose Small Wars: The Politics of Asymmetric Conflict.” World Politics 27.2 (1975): 175–200.
Neumann, Peter R. "The New Jihadism: A Global Snapshot." International Center for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence, King’s College, BBC World Service and Monitoring, London, 2014.
Ratelle, Jean-François, and Emil Aslan Souleimanov. "Retaliation in Rebellion: The Missing Link to Explaining Insurgent Violence in Dagestan." Terrorism and Political Violence 29.4 (2017): 573-592.
Tar, Usman A., and Mala Mustapha. “Al-Shabaab: State Collapse, Warlords and Islamist Insurgency in Somalia.” In: Varin, Caroline, and Dauda Abubakar (eds.). “Violent Non-State Actors in Africa: Terrorists, Rebels and Warlords.” Cham: Palgrave Macmillan/Springer (2017): 277–299.
Van Engeland, Anisseh. “Hezbollah: From a Terrorist Group to a Political Party – Social Work as a Key to Politics.” In: Van Engeland, Anisseh, and Rachael M. Rudolph (eds.). “From Terrorism to Politics.” Aldershot, Burlington: Ashgate (2008): 29–49.
Yeşiltaş, Murat, and Tuncay Kardaş. “Introduction: The Phenomenon of Non-state Armed Actors and Patterns of Violent Geopolitics in the Middle East.” In: Yeşiltaş, Murat, and Tuncay Kardaş (eds.). “Non-State Armed Actors in the Middle East: Geopolitics, Ideology, and Strategy.” Cham: Palgrave Macmillan/Springer (2018): 3–20.
Last update: Bednařík Petr, PhDr., Ph.D. (15.02.2020)
Requirements to the exam
Viz výše soubor se sylabem kurzu / See the file containing the course syllabus above
