David Kilcullen
Biographic Data
| ID | 123379 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Kilcullen |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Kilcullen |
| SIGNATURE | KILCULLEN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | UNSW Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3852-243X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 95 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Liminal Warfare
This chapter discusses Russian evolution and adaptation since the Cold War, surveys the post-Soviet military evolution of Russian forces, offers case studies of the Norwegian-Russian border and the Russo-Georgian War of 2008, introduces and analyzes the concept of liminal warfare as practiced by Russia, and discusses the “Gerasimov doctrine,”, reflexive control, and Russian political warfare methods, including those allegedly used during the 2016…
The Dragons and the Snakes: How the Rest Learned to Fight the West
The Evolution of Unconventional Warfare
While Unconventional Warfare (UW) remains a viable, low-cost method of indirect warfare, some of the assumptions underpinning traditional UW have diverged from reality in the last two decades. These include the idea that UW occurs mostly within denied areas; the categorisation of resistance movements into underground, auxiliary and guerrilla components; the model of a pyramid of resistance activities becoming larger in scale, more violent and les…
Counterinsurgency
Subversion and Countersubversion in the Campaign against Terrorism in Europe
This article examines how Europe fits into the broader international campaign against terrorism. It argues that Europe is both a source and a target of terrorist activity, and faces threats including Al Qaeda–inspired terrorism, extremist political parties, insurgent sympathizer networks, subversive movements, and the overlap between crime and terrorism. The article argues that the primary threat is terrorist-linked subversion, which seeks to man…
Ethics, Politics and Non-state Warfare
Counter-insurgency Redux
Counter-insurgency is fashionable again: more has been written on it in the last four years than in the last four decades. This is heartening for those who were in the wilderness during the years when Western governments regarded counter-insurgency as a distraction, of interest only to historians. So it is no surprise that some have urged the re-discovery of classical, ‘proven’ counter-insurgency methods. But today's insurgencies differ significa…
Globalisation and the Development of Indonesian Counterinsurgency Tactics
Indonesia's approach to counterinsurgency derives partly from its experience during the 1950s in suppressing Darul Islam (DI), the forerunner of some modern Indonesian terrorist and insurgent groups including Jema'ah Islamiyah. DI encompassed insurgencies in Java, Sulawesi and Aceh but tactics the Indonesian Army (TNI) developed in West Java proved most successful in countering the movement. These tactics were effective in the geographical and po…
Countering global insurgency
This article suggests that the War on Terrorism is actually a campaign against a globalized Islamist 1 1 In this article, the term ‘Islamist’ describes the extremist, radical form of political Islam practiced by some militant groups, as distinct from ‘Islamic’, which describes the religion of Islam, or ‘Muslim’, which describes those who follow the Islamic religion. In this article the term is used to refer primarily to Al Qaeda, its allies and a…
Counter-insurgency Redux
Counter-insurgency is fashionable again: more has been written on it in the last four years than in the last four decades. This is heartening for those who were in the wilderness during the years when Western governments regarded counter-insurgency as a distraction, of interest only to historians. So it is no surprise that some have urged the re-discovery of classical, ‘proven’ counter-insurgency methods. But today's insurgencies differ significa…
Countering global insurgency
This article suggests that the War on Terrorism is actually a campaign against a globalized Islamist 1 1 In this article, the term ‘Islamist’ describes the extremist, radical form of political Islam practiced by some militant groups, as distinct from ‘Islamic’, which describes the religion of Islam, or ‘Muslim’, which describes those who follow the Islamic religion. In this article the term is used to refer primarily to Al Qaeda, its allies and a…
Ethics, Politics and Non-state Warfare
Subversion and Countersubversion in the Campaign against Terrorism in Europe
This article examines how Europe fits into the broader international campaign against terrorism. It argues that Europe is both a source and a target of terrorist activity, and faces threats including Al Qaeda–inspired terrorism, extremist political parties, insurgent sympathizer networks, subversive movements, and the overlap between crime and terrorism. The article argues that the primary threat is terrorist-linked subversion, which seeks to man…
Globalisation and the Development of Indonesian Counterinsurgency Tactics
Indonesia's approach to counterinsurgency derives partly from its experience during the 1950s in suppressing Darul Islam (DI), the forerunner of some modern Indonesian terrorist and insurgent groups including Jema'ah Islamiyah. DI encompassed insurgencies in Java, Sulawesi and Aceh but tactics the Indonesian Army (TNI) developed in West Java proved most successful in countering the movement. These tactics were effective in the geographical and po…
Globalisation and the Development of Indonesian Counterinsurgency Tactics
Indonesia's approach to counterinsurgency derives partly from its experience during the 1950s in suppressing Darul Islam (DI), the forerunner of some modern Indonesian terrorist and insurgent groups including Jema'ah Islamiyah. DI encompassed insurgencies in Java, Sulawesi and Aceh but tactics the Indonesian Army (TNI) developed in West Java proved most successful in countering the movement. These tactics were effective in the geographical and po…
Countering global insurgency
This article suggests that the War on Terrorism is actually a campaign against a globalized Islamist 1 1 In this article, the term ‘Islamist’ describes the extremist, radical form of political Islam practiced by some militant groups, as distinct from ‘Islamic’, which describes the religion of Islam, or ‘Muslim’, which describes those who follow the Islamic religion. In this article the term is used to refer primarily to Al Qaeda, its allies and a…
Counter-insurgency Redux
Counter-insurgency is fashionable again: more has been written on it in the last four years than in the last four decades. This is heartening for those who were in the wilderness during the years when Western governments regarded counter-insurgency as a distraction, of interest only to historians. So it is no surprise that some have urged the re-discovery of classical, ‘proven’ counter-insurgency methods. But today's insurgencies differ significa…
Subversion and Countersubversion in the Campaign against Terrorism in Europe
This article examines how Europe fits into the broader international campaign against terrorism. It argues that Europe is both a source and a target of terrorist activity, and faces threats including Al Qaeda–inspired terrorism, extremist political parties, insurgent sympathizer networks, subversive movements, and the overlap between crime and terrorism. The article argues that the primary threat is terrorist-linked subversion, which seeks to man…
Ethics, Politics and Non-state Warfare
Counterinsurgency
The Evolution of Unconventional Warfare
While Unconventional Warfare (UW) remains a viable, low-cost method of indirect warfare, some of the assumptions underpinning traditional UW have diverged from reality in the last two decades. These include the idea that UW occurs mostly within denied areas; the categorisation of resistance movements into underground, auxiliary and guerrilla components; the model of a pyramid of resistance activities becoming larger in scale, more violent and les…
Liminal Warfare
This chapter discusses Russian evolution and adaptation since the Cold War, surveys the post-Soviet military evolution of Russian forces, offers case studies of the Norwegian-Russian border and the Russo-Georgian War of 2008, introduces and analyzes the concept of liminal warfare as practiced by Russia, and discusses the “Gerasimov doctrine,”, reflexive control, and Russian political warfare methods, including those allegedly used during the 2016…
The Dragons and the Snakes: How the Rest Learned to Fight the West
Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Military History and Strategy (5 works) · Political economy (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · History (4 works) · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works)