"The US minimalist strategy against Daesh (military partnerships…" — Derek J. Raymond (#c368)

Card #c368IR // #c368SynthesisMilitary report

The US minimalist strategy against Daesh (military partnerships plus air support) was ineffective; a socially unconventional strategy — mapping the network with social network analysis and turning its own social-movement dynamics against it — could induce implosion from within.

— In our words · Source: Combating Daesh: A Socially Unconventional Strategy (Derek J. Raymond)

[Use when]

Map the network before you fight it — kinetic force degrades capability, but only attacking the movement's social structure unravels it.

[Why it matters]

Every counterterror campaign since has wrestled with the same question — you can't bomb a network out of existence without understanding the social logic that holds it together.