Publication

This paper provides information on the anti-insurgency policy of Colombia's Uribe government and demonstrates that the coercive component of its security policy is a necessary central feature of the country's security strategy. It justifies the logic and necessity behind the highly criticized military component of the Colombian security strategy and presents arguments about how and when coercion can be justifiably employed to end immediate conflicts and build a lasting peace within weak states. The author argues that the non-state armed groups are the primary cause of Colombia's violence.