counterinsurgency
noun
coun·ter·in·sur·gen·cy
ˌkau̇n-tər-in-ˈsər-jən(t)-sē 
: organized military activity designed to combat insurgency
Examples of counterinsurgency in a Sentence
The military has launched a counterinsurgency.
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Trump was determined to avoid new wars and endless counterinsurgency operations, and his presidency was the first since that of Jimmy Carter in which the United States did not enter a new war or expand an existing conflict.
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Robert C. O’Brien, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
The reasons for this are well documented by scholars of civil war and counterinsurgency but glossed over by our generals and politicians and obscured by the myths of American exceptionalism and our righteous war on terror.
—Matthieu Aikins Victor J. Blue Peter Ganim Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 22 May 2024
After many years of counterinsurgency efforts, the United States ultimately failed to prevent the return of the Taliban in Afghanistan.
—David Petraeus, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2024
Both men were leaders in a counterinsurgency against an uprising in Sudan’s Darfur region, a conflict that in 2005 saw dictator Omar al-Bashir become the world’s first sitting leader to be indicted by the International Criminal Court on suspicion of genocide.
—Gabe Joselow, NBC News, 16 June 2024
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Robert C. O’Brien, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
The reasons for this are well documented by scholars of civil war and counterinsurgency but glossed over by our generals and politicians and obscured by the myths of American exceptionalism and our righteous war on terror.
—Matthieu Aikins Victor J. Blue Peter Ganim Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 22 May 2024
After many years of counterinsurgency efforts, the United States ultimately failed to prevent the return of the Taliban in Afghanistan.
—David Petraeus, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2024
Both men were leaders in a counterinsurgency against an uprising in Sudan’s Darfur region, a conflict that in 2005 saw dictator Omar al-Bashir become the world’s first sitting leader to be indicted by the International Criminal Court on suspicion of genocide.
—Gabe Joselow, NBC News, 16 June 2024
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“Counterinsurgency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/counterinsurgency. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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