Intelligence

Detention as a Peacemaking Strategy: The 2007–08 Iraq Surge and US Detention Policy

The surge in Iraq was one of the key foreign policy decisions of the past decade. Its success prompted a second surge into Afghanistan by a new president a few years later. The success of the Iraq surge has prompted work by academics and policymakers …

Strategic Intelligence During COIN Detention Operations: Relational Data and Understanding Latent Terror Networks

One aspect of the global *War on Terror* that has received limited coverage in the academic literature is the problem of detained persons as it relates to intelligence. This is a surprising oversight, given the number of detainees that the USA has …