ABSTRACT

Southeast Asia has faced some of the most complicated insurgency environments of any region in the world. In several countries, there are multiple insurgencies, at times having little or no common ideological basis. The region also has had some of the longest lasting and seemingly intractable insurgent environments. All these issues are overlaid by broader internal security failures within the countries, complicating adequate responses focused directly on the insurgent movements. The three countries that continue to have the most significant insurgencies – Thailand, Burma and the Philippines – are the focus of this chapter.