"Ten Years of GWOT, the Failure of Democratization, and the Fallacy of "Ungoverned Spaces
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12981345 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David A Oakley (Kansas State University, corresponding author), Pat Proctor (Kansas State University) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-14 |
| Publication date | 2012-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Strategic Security (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1944-0464 • E-ISSN: 1944-0472 |
| Publisher | University of South Florida Libraries (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5038/1944-0472.5.1.1 |
| OpenAlex | W4238791585 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
October 7, 2011, marked a decade since the United States invaded Afghanistan and initiated the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). While most ten-year anniversary gifts involve aluminum, tin, or diamonds, the greatest gift U.S. policymakers can present American citizens is a reconsideration of the logic that guides America's counterterrorism strategy. Although the United States has successfully averted large-scale domestic terrorist attacks, its inability to grasp the nature of the enemy has cost it dearly in wasted resources and, more importantly, lost lives. Two of the most consistent and glaring policy flaws revolve around the concepts of filling "ungoverned spaces" and installing democracy by force
Adversary · Computer security · Democracy · Democratization · Development economics · Economics · Fallacy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Terrorism · Computer Science · Law · Military and Defense Studies · Philosophy · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |