ABSTRACT
This chapter offers six recommendations for Counterinsurgency, each receiving in-depth analysis. It includes Bring coherency to complexity, Liberate maneuver, Measure wisely and to motivate, Structure the United States government to better manage international conflict, Negotiate before you have to, Remember counterinsurgency success is the priority. Achieving objectives during twenty-first-century counterinsurgencies means orchestrating their many participants' resources in the service of goals sufficiently compatible to promote cooperation. The chapter focuses on the United States, which need to reconsider whether existing government structures are appropriate to twenty-first-century governing responsibilities is not limited to the that country. Counterinsurgents must concern themselves with more than their enemies; even the Russian and Sri Lankan governments found it necessary to grant some degree of attention to local, domestic, and international audiences despite their primary reliance on military force. The definition of counterinsurgency requires addressing underlying grievances in addition to overcoming insurgent movements, neutralizing threat groups comprises but one challenge in attaining sought after goals.
