Lions and Tigers in Paradise: Terrorism and Insurgency and the State’s Response in Sri Lanka

Ahmed S. HASHIMProfessor of Strategic Studies, Naval War College Newport, Rhode Island

Defence Against Terrorism ReviewVol.3, No. 1, Spring 2010, pp. 1-24Copyright © COE-DATISSN: 1307-9190

Introduction

Abstract: The lessons of Sri Lanka are instructive for many countries faced with the

then the evolution of the protracted internal war between 1983 and 2009; the focus will be on how Sri Lanka evolved the strategy for victory – a victory that ended in the

Third, explores what the factors that allowed the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) to turn the tide and win a dramatic victory in May 2009 are.

Keyword: Terrorism, Insurgency, State Responce Sri Lanka Tamil Tigers.

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Veddas

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Asian Survey

inter alia

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killed.

The Economist

Contemporary South Asia

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satyagrahas

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The Form of Warfare

Nazar:A South Asian Perspective

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Narodnya Volya

Al Qaeda’s

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Inside Terrorism

Internal War: Problems and Approaches

Cosa Nostra

Ibid

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Inside Terrorism

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Ibid.,

Inside Terrorism

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Asian Journal of Social Science

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SriDalada Malligawa

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Counter-Insurgency

Insurgency and Counterinsurgency: Inside Modern Revolutionary Warfare nd

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separate

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modus operandi.

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COIN Revisited: Lessons of the classical literature on counterinsurgency and its applicability to the Afghan hybrid insurgency

Insurgency and Terrorism: From Revolution to Apocalypse

Sri Lanka: A Dangeous Interlude

Small Wars

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more

Jane’s Intelligence Review

de facto

On Guerrilla Warfare,

Jane’s Intelligence Review

Security Sector Reform in Challenging Environments

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People’s Army, People’s War.

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conventional warfare capabilities.

On Guerrila Warfare,

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sequentially.

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animus furandi

Joint Forces Quarterly

Strategic Vision Group Information Paper

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Edithara

The Sri Lankan State’s Counter-Terrorism and Counterinsurgency Responses

Piracy, Maritime Terrorism and Naval Strategy

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India.

Operation Vadamarachchi, on

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A Bright Shining COIN? Sri Lanka’s Defeat of the LTTE

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A Bright Shining COIN? Sri Lanka’s Defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam 2011.

SecurityChallenges

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Conclusion

military victory

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