Israeli soldiers close the gate after troops left the Gaza Strip through the Kissufim Crossing into Israel early Sept. 12, 2005. Israel completed the historic pullout from the coastal territory after 38 years of military rule.
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PAST EVENT
Withdrawing Under Fire: How to More Effectively Withdraw from Islamist Insurgencies
Brown Bag Lunch
Series: International Security Brown Bag Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
April 3, 2008
12:15-2:00 p.m.
| Speaker: | Joshua Gleis, Research Fellow, International Security Program |
Related Project: International Security
Description:
The presentation will examine past withdrawals by states from counterinsurgency operations conducted against Islamist organizations, in order to better understand how to more effectively withdraw from such insurgencies in the future. It will explore in particular the cases of the Israeli withdrawals from the Gaza Strip in 2005 and Southern Lebanon in 2000, as well as provide an overview of the (first) British withdrawal from Iraq, French withdrawal from Algeria, Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, and U.S. withdrawal from Somalia. These cases will be studied in an effort to learn from the successes and failures of each. By identifying certain commonalities amongst Islamist insurgents as well as different types of insurgencies and counterinsurgencies, the goal is to learn how to more effectively withdraw from insurgencies and limit the negative impact such a withdrawal has on the exiting party.
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.
Contact:
ISP Program Coordinator
International Security Program,
79 John F. Kennedy St., Mailbox 53,
Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Harvard University
Kennedy School of Government
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Email: susan_lynch@ksg.harvard.edu
Phone: 617-496-1981
Fax: 617-495-8963
Url: http://www.belfercenter.org/ISP/
