COUNTERINSURGENCY

JOINT PUBLICATION 3-24

April 28, 2018

APPENDIX A

BUILDING GOVERNANCE

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1. Principles of Governance

Supporting indigenous governance is often an important COIN tool to counter insurgent efforts to seize, nullify, or challenge governing authorities.

a. Governance. Governance consists of the rules, processes, and behavior by which interests are articulated, resources are managed, and power is exercised in a society. These rules and processes should be seen as predictable and acceptable in the eyes of the population. They are manifested in three core functions: representation, security, and welfare.

b. Counter the Insurgency Narrative. The challenge for counterinsurgents is to correctly identify those deficiencies in governance that serve as effective motives for the insurgency. It is these deficiencies that are exploited by insurgents to mobilize popular support for the insurgency. If an underrepresented segment of the population provides the majority of insurgent recruits and is susceptible to the insurgency narrative based on its lack of access to political participation and decision making, LOEs should primarily focus on the representation function of governance rather than security or welfare. Similarly, any COIN LOEs focused on service delivery should normally target those inadequate services that are being exploited in the insurgency narrative. Ideally, a small number of key activities can then be directed along the most promising LOEs to weaken the insurgency.

https://fas.org/irp/doddir/dod/jp3_24.pdf

Counterinsurgency JP 3-24

Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joint Publication 3-24

April 25 2018, 242 pg pdf

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https://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Documents/Doctrine/pubs/jp3_24.pdf )