counterinsurgency

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Recent Examples of counterinsurgency Military personnel and analysts say countries like the U.K. have been focused on fighting counterinsurgency wars, particularly post-9/11, rather than what a conflict with Russia would look like. Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025 In Maryland and Washington, D.C., the ongoing liberalization of sports-betting law is confronting a counterinsurgency. David B. McGarry, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2025 Because civil wars and counterinsurgency operations are fought in and among populations, civilians bear the brunt of the harm from these wars, not only by being caught up in deliberate sectarian violence or crossfire but also because they are forced to flee their homes. Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2025 After that, Commander Reyes can dispatch to Fort Bragg to train our Green Berets on counterinsurgency warfare. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 23 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for counterinsurgency
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counterrevolution
Noun
  • At the same time, a conservative counterrevolution began reclaiming jeans for themselves.
    Stephen Mihm, Twin Cities, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The revolution—and counterrevolutions across Europe—would speed the formation of nation-states in the nineteenth century.
    Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025

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