The Foreign Service Journal, September 2007

S E P T E M B E R 2 0 0 7 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 33 he U.S. government has articulated a concept of operations for the defeat of terrorism: help partners combat violent extremist organizations, deter support for those organizations, and erode support for extremist ideologies. But the United States has yet to develop effective tools and policies for accomplishing these goals. Counterterrorism efforts have not been integrated into, or used to frame, a broader and coherent national security strategy. And while President Bush acknowledges an “ideological struggle,” American efforts in that arena have often proved counterproductive. F O C U S O N H U M A N R I G H T S C RAFTING A N EW C OUNTERINSURGENCY D OCTRINE T HE A RMY AND M ARINE C ORPS ’ NEW COUNTER - INSURGENCY DOCTRINE COULD BE THE BASIS FOR AN EFFECTIVE CAMPAIGN AGAINST TERRORISM . B Y S ARAH S EWALL T Ian Dodds