Marina Petrova

Marina Petrova is a recent University of Oxford graduand in Diplomatic studies, currently conducting research related to the application of drone warfare in modern counterinsurgency and counterterrorism campaigns.

Can an insurgency be stamped out solely by military means?

The vast majority of ‘success stories’ in counterinsurgency operations have relied not only on military means but on political and economic reforms to accommodate the grievances that caused the insurgency in the first place.

By Marina Petrova

/ 21 Aug 2014