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Moral Conquest rather than Physical Conquest

Moral Conquest rather than Physical Conquest. Stabilisation and counterinsurgency in French practices and doctrine in afghanistan. Stéphane TAILLAT Agrégé de l’Université PhD candidate Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires en Sciences Sociales (C.R.I.S.E.S.). A semi-official Document.

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Moral Conquest rather than Physical Conquest

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  1. Moral Conquest rather than Physical Conquest Stabilisation and counterinsurgency in French practices and doctrine in afghanistan Stéphane TAILLAT Agrégé de l’Université PhD candidate Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires en Sciences Sociales (C.R.I.S.E.S.)

  2. A semi-official Document • The « Chanson’s Report » • Col. Francis CHANSON; CO TF KORRIGAN, Kapissa Province • Released in August 2009 • Provide an assessment and a conceptual framework of the COIN Strategy here.

  3. 1) A counterinsurgency model that seeks to integrate population security and cultural respect 1st imperative: reassessing the use of force “The more the military activities increase, the more war tends to take root on the long run” “Culture of war is so developed that it has become an illusion to believe that the Taliban would allow us to occupy the whole terrain. (...) We have to abandon the idea of militarily controlling the entire AO”

  4. 1) A counterinsurgency model that seeks to integrate population security and cultural respect • 2nd imperative: balancing and managing conflicting demands • Coercion vs. Respect: the “deterrent ability” • Force protection vs. Pop. Protection: live amongst the people • Security vs. Development: simultaneous lines of operations in order to produce cumulative effects.

  5. 1) A counterinsurgency model that seeks to integrate population security and cultural respect • 3rd imperative: the population is the main focus of the manoeuvre. • Assistance is not neutral: meet the subjective needs of the population • Have talks with the locals: be aware of and address the “threatening uncertainty” • Population at the convergence of lines of operations: produce legitimization effects.

  6. 1) A counterinsurgency model that seeks to integrate population security and cultural respect • Conclusion part 1: • Pop. Security and Development: a military priority • +: military force as a potential de-escalation producer. • - : cultural respect is a mean and not an end

  7. 2) A strategy that reveals both American and French doctrinal sources • The French course of action: « secure » • Reversibility of postures in Counter-Rebellion • The colonial past: colonial “spirit”, the deterrent characteristic of force. • Individual behaviour: a military “humanism” in action?

  8. 2) A strategy that reveals both American and French doctrinal sources • A cultural integration of the US experience? • Population as the “centre of gravity” • A systemic vision of the military operations • Road construction process as an element to organise the “political manoeuvre”: the Afghanistan legacy and melting pot

  9. Conclusion Western isomorphism? Population-centric approach: an improvement of human security measures inside military agency. Doctrine: a mere legitimization tool?

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