Insurgencies, and the Taliban, Use Violence

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In the book, you say for violence to be strategic, it must be selective. How do insurgencies identify who should be the s of the violence? Well, typically they do so very badly, with a wide margin of arr but they don't care, right? Insurgencys, and talivan is no exception, use fear and coercion. They rely on it heavily as they are getting organized in their early institution building phase.

While the Taliban have the power of violence on their side in Afghanistan, they nonetheless need civilians to comply with their authority. Both strategically and by necessity, civilians have leveraged this reliance on their obedience in order to influence Taliban behaviour. In this week's episode Ashley Jackson author or Negotiating Survival speaks to Rosamund Urwin about her new model for understanding how civilian agency can shape the conduct of insurgencies. They also discuss Taliban strategy and objectives, explaining how the organisation has so nearly triumphed on the battlefield and in peace talks. While Afghanistan’s future is deeply unpredictable, there is one certainty: it is as critical as ever to understand the Taliban—and how civilians survive their rule. To find out more about the book and to order it click here: https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/negotiating-survival/

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