Counterinsurgency in a test tube : analyzing the success of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) / / Russell W. Glenn.

• Author: Glenn, Russell W.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (189 p.)
• Notes: "Prepared for the United States Joint Forces Command."

With a matter of weeks to prepare, Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) personnel landed on July 24, 2003, armed for conflict but equally ready to restore peace without firing a shot in anger. RAMSI's aim was to assist the existing government in reestablishing order and rebuilding this island nation plagued by escalating militia violence, crime, and corruption. RAMSI police forces, with the much larger military component in a supporting role, were patrolling the streets alongside their Solomon Islands counterparts on the very day of arrival. This and many other early actions

Table of Contents

Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One - Background and Brief History of Operation Helpem Fren, the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI); Previous Operations; RAMSI: A Concise History; The Backdrop to RAMSI; RAMSI: Deployment and Execution; RAMSI as a Counterinsurgency Operation; Chapter Two - Considering the Nature of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency; The Nature of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency; Chapter Three - July 2003 Solomon Islands as an Insurgency: Participant Perspectives; A Solomon Islands Insurgency? No

A Solomon Islands Insurgency? YesA Solomon Islands Insurgency? Perhaps; A Solomon Islands Insurgency from the Perspective ofRAMSI Participants? Concluding Thoughts; Chapter Four - Successful COIN: Three Crucial Conditions; Orchestrating Interagency Capabilities: The "All ofGovernment" Approach; Building and Maintaining the Multinational Team; Forming and Seizing the Moral High Ground:Shaping Indigenous Perspectives; Chapter Five - RAMSI: Was It a Counterinsurgency?; Chapter Six - Fitting the RAMSI Square Peg into the World's Round Holes

Vital Elements: Building on the Foundation of SuccessfulInteragency, Multinational, and Shaping OperationsImplications for Current and Future Operations; Final Observations on the Implications of RAMSIOperations for Counterinsurgency Operations; Bibliography