The Colombian Awakening

This study evaluates the effectiveness of Colombia's Integrated Action approach to counterinsurgency against the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia Ejericito del Pueblo (FARC-EP), primarily from the Colombian perspective. It specifically seeks to answer the following question: How effectively did the government of Colombia integrate the various elements of national power --diplomatic, informational, military, and economic-- to attain its political objectives of establishing a stable government that provided both internal and external security? The American-supported initiative known as Plan Colombia was conceived in 1998-1999 to stabilize Colombias internal and external security situations with a combined anti-drug and counterinsurgency strategy.

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