Collapse: The Failure of Western-based Local Forces and the Lessons for Hybrid Warfare
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hybrid warfare, Afghan National Army, Afghanistan, South Lebanon Army, Palestinian Security forces in Gaza, Iraqi ArmyAbsztrakt
The sudden collapse of the Afghan army in August 2021 brought public attention to a well-known phenomenon again: western countries invest time, resources, and money in building local militaries. Yet, those forces collapse as soon as the western power leaves and they come under pressure, and in one case – even before the western country left. This article will analyse one aspect of hybrid war: the attempt to use local forces, and the question why western forces that attempt to shift responsibility to local forces as part of their ‘exit strategy’ fail time and again to do so, while countries such as Russia or Iran succeed more, or at least fail
less, in their attempt to create and use local forces to advance their aims, as part of their hybrid strategies.
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