"[33] Kilcullen didn't deny saying it, but rather that "I can categorically state that the word 'fucking' was said off the record". From 2009 to 2010, he was the counterinsurgency adviser to NATO and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. By David Kilcullen. The Accidental Guerrilla Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One Oxford University Press . This was counter to what many in the military considered to be the cornerstone of their job, which was just t… The counterinsurgent, not the insurgent, may initiate the conflict and represent the forces of revolutionary change. Three Patients: International Perspective on Intensive Care at the End of Life by David W. Crippen , Jack K. Kilcullen , et al. Kilcullen's personal familiarity with the territory and many major players adds elements of vivid color to the well-informed discussions of history and policy, and the narrative is refreshingly nonpartisan. He helped design and implement the Regional Strategic Initiative. I never found that it needed much moral courage to be honest about my opinions – non-partisan honesty was exactly what Secretary Rice wanted from me, and she told me that more than once. David John Kilcullen FRGS (born 1967) is an Australian author, strategist, and counterinsurgency expert who is currently the non-executive Chairman of Caerus Associates, a strategy and design consulting firm that he founded. The ability to tolerate and integrate different opinions, and thus to self-correct, is one of the foremost strengths of our form of government, and I suspect this is true of all administrations, though perhaps it is true of some more than others. They will have a capacity for protracted independent operations within a joint interagency framework. Being open to learning new perspectives and hearing a different narrative shifts the tone of the conversation. The estimated speaking fee range to book David Kilcullen for your event is $20,000 - $30,000. David Kilcullen was one of the architects of America's strategy in the late phases of the second Gulf War, and also spent time in Afghanistan and other hotspots. David Kilcullen is one of the world’s leading experts on counterinsurgency and military strategy. Thus, counter-insurgency strategies and tactics need updating to deal with a globalized movement like al-Qaeda, especially increasing participation and cooperation of many states' intelligence and police agencies.[5]. "[26] While not strictly limited to counter-insurgency, it stated that counter-insurgency and other non-traditional actions were going to compose a greater part of warfare in the 21st Century. ", https://spiritofamerica.org/staff/dr-david-kilcullen, https://www.rand.org/nsrd/news/2019/10/dasd-mulroy.html, "Headline tests complex warfighting plans", "A Counterinsurgency Guide for Politicos", "Accidental Guerrilla: Read Before Burning", "East Timor border contact at Motaain 10/10/1999", "A Visionary and a Practitioner: the Bernard Kouchner vs. David Kilcullen", "Towards mercenary anthropology? He then attended the Australian Defence Force Academy and completed a Bachelor of Arts with honours in military art and science through the University of New South Wales and graduated as a distinguished graduate and was awarded the Chief of Defence Force Army Prize in 1989. Dr. David Kilcullen is the Chairman of Caerus Associates. As it happens, I think it was a mistake. Then in 2007 and 2008 he was senior counter-insurgency advisor to General David Petraeus, where he oversaw the Iraqi Troop Surge. They hired me anyway. "[4], United States Army Superior Civilian Service Medal, Paul H. 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[30] It was later formalized as Appendix A to FM 3-24, the US military's counterinsurgency doctrine, and is in use by the US, Australian, British, Canadian, Dutch, Iraqi and Afghan armies as a training document.[31]. The Accidental Guerrilla Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One Oxford University Press . Later versions of it were published in IoSphere and the Marine Corps Gazette, and it has been translated into Arabic, Russian, Pashtu and Spanish. [1], He left active duty in 2005[5] and is commissioned as a lieutenant colonel in the Australian Army Reserve. "[21] He has also been an Adjunct Professor of Security Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. [1], Kilcullen attained the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Australian Army and served as a staff officer in the Australian Defence Force Headquarters. "[9] Kilcullen has written four books: The Accidental Guerrilla, Counterinsurgency, Out of the Mountains, and Blood Year. Kilcullen, Michael BRADENTON, Fla. Michael Joseph Kilcullen, age 78, passed away on August 1, 2020, after a long illness. This presentation represents the author�s personal opinions only. Caerus is a Washington, D.C.-based strategic and design consultancy firm that specializes in working in complex and frontier environments. [16][17] He also wrote an appendix, entitled "A Guide to Action. "[32] In the same essay, "Religion and Insurgency," published in May 2007 on the Small Wars Journal, he expanded this view: The bottom line is that no handbook relieves a professional counterinsurgent from the personal obligation to study, internalize and interpret the physical, human, informational and ideological setting in which the conflict takes place. This book is an essential read for all those who serve (military and civilian), as Alain Cohen's depiction of David Galula's life and writings provides an education in the grim matters of counter-insurgency warfare. And secondly, surprising as it may be, the last administration – just like the present administration – was big enough, open enough and intellectually honest enough to tolerate and, indeed, welcome constructive criticism and genuine attempts to fix policy problems. Mini Bio (1) David Kilcullen served as a Lt. in the Australian Army, he served in counter-insurgency operations around the world. David Kilcullen is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics. His thesis, entitled "The Political Consequences of Military Operations in Indonesia 1945-99: A Fieldwork Analysis of the Political Power-Diffusion Effects of Guerrilla Conflict," focused on the effects of guerrilla warfare on non-state political systems in traditional societies. It is a definite read for anyone interested in understanding western stabilization efforts in the Iraq and Afghan conflicts. You have to be a participant-observer. David Kilcullen is a former soldier and diplomat, and a scholar of guerrilla warfare, terrorism, urbanisation and the future of conflict, who served 25 years for the Australian and United States governments. The concept claims that future conflicts will feature asymmetric threats requiring land forces to be flexible, able to deploy quickly, and operate in urban terrain. There may be numerous competing insurgencies in one theater, meaning that the counterinsurgent must control the overall environment rather than defeat a specific enemy. Kilcullen received a Ph.D. in politics from the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy in 2000. In a March 2016 interview on the UK's Channel 4 News, he went on to say:[9]. It first appeared as an e-mail that was widely circulated informally among U.S. Army and Marine officers in April 2006, and was subsequently published in Military Review in May 2006. [6] Kilcullen has been a Senior Fellow of the Center for a New American Security[7] and an Adjunct Professor at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. But it is a reading that resides in no book, but around you; in the terrain, the people, their social and cultural institutions, the way they act and think. David Kilcullen served as a Lt. in the Australian Army, he served in counter-insurgency operations around the world. It put forward that counterinsurgency "is a competition with the insurgent for the right and the ability to win the hearts, minds and acquiescence of the population." Official Sites, View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro. The issue for practitioners in the field is not to second-guess a decision from six years ago, but to get on with the job at hand which, I believe, is what both Americans and Iraqis expect of us. He is a former diplomat and soldier who served as a counterinsurgency advisor during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq where he advised Condoleezza Rice and Gen. David Petraeus. [5], "Countering Global Insurgency" proposed a new strategic approach to the War on Terrorism. Individuals' actions and the propaganda effect of a subjective "single narrative" may far outweigh practical progress, rendering counterinsurgency even more non-linear and unpredictable than before. [5] He was then a special advisor for counter-insurgency to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. neener3707, Other Works Biography: David Kilcullen is Professor of Practice in the Center on the Future of War and the School of Politics and Global Studies, a Senior Fellow at New America and an author, strategist and counterinsurgency expert. American mythology dies on the Hill. And insurgent tactics, based on exploiting the propaganda effects of urban bombing, may invalidate some classical tactics and render others, like patrolling, counterproductive under some circumstances. And the key is to see beyond the surface differences between our societies and these environments (of which religious orientation is one key element) to the deeper social and cultural drivers of conflict, drivers that locals would understand on their own terms.[32]. [3], From 2005 to 2006, he was Chief Strategist in the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the U.S. State Department. Kilcullen is a theorist and practitioner of guerrilla and unconventional warfare and counterterrorism, with operational experience over a 25-year career with the Australian and U.S. governments as an Army officer, intelligence analyst, policy adviser and diplomat. IW has been perceived as the CT effort used to fight violent extremist organizations, but it should be applied to all areas of military competition. [4] Kilcullen explained his comment the next day:[34]. It was a hands-on, how-to guide to successfully fighting insurgents in Iraq, written for the lieutenant or major in the field. He is fluent in Indonesian and speaks some Arabic and French.[1]. David has amassed extensive operational experience over a 25 year career with the Australian and U.S. governments as an army officer, analyst, policy advisor and diplomat. BOOK REVIEW. “ Iraq war stupid, Aussie David Kilcullen tells US “, The Australian, 2 August 2008 — The media kicks sand in our eyes to obscure our view of these things. [23] Kilcullen is an Advisory Board Member of Spirit of America, a 501(c)(3) organization that supports the safety and success of Americans serving abroad and the local people and partners they seek to help. In Blood Year, he provides a view of the current situation in the Middle East and analyzes how America and the West ended up in such dire circumstances. He drew on ethnographic methods to research traditional systems of governance in East Timor and West Papua. He explained that irregular warfare (IW) includes counter-insurgency (COIN), counter-terrorism (CT), unconventional warfare (UW), foreign internal defense (FID), sabotage and subversion, as well as stabilization and information operations (IO), among other areas. [37], Kilcullen argues that targeted killings with drone strikes in Afghanistan and Pakistan is a mistake. The new US Army counterinsurgency manual FM 3-24 and the military-anthropology complex", "Anthropologists and war: A Response to David Kilcullen". Read more. [35], In his book Blood Year, published in 2016, Kilcullen makes very clear his view that "there undeniably would be no Isis if we had not invaded Iraq." I’ve posted the full article. Conflict ethnography is key; to borrow a literary term, there is no substitute for a "close reading" of the environment. [6] He worked in the field in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, the Horn of Africa and Southeast Asia. David Kilcullen Biography Dave Kilcullen is a bestselling author and scholar, and a former professional soldier and diplomat. David Kilcullen He is also a professor in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of New South Wales and heads the strategic research firm … Kilcullen was a member of the White House 2008 Review of Afghanistan and Pakistan Strategy. The question of whether we were right to invade Iraq is a fascinating debate for historians and politicians, and a valid issue for the American people to consider in an election year. In 2010, Kilcullen brought together his writings in his book Counterinsurgency and developed his understanding of counterinsurgency to address radical Islam's globalized threat. David Kilcullen This paper reflects the author™s personal judgments and does not represent the views of any department or agency of the U.S. Government or any other government. Personal Choice is the Enigma of life. July 7, 2020. [8][22], Kilcullen founded Caerus Associates, LLC in 2010. Get full address, contact info, background report and more! [18] There, Kilcullen served as the Senior Counterinsurgency Advisor until 2008 and was responsible for planning and executing counterinsurgency strategy and operations. | Feb 2, 2012 5.0 out of 5 stars 2 David Kilcullen: In part, it was the experience of being out in Afghanistan, where I’ve worked on and off since 2005, and realizing that much of the violence there is … David Kilcullen: Well, the implications are very serious because, you know, next week is the Bonn conference in Germany which is in fact more of a symbolic event than anything else. Kilcullen first came to wider notice when he wrote "28 Articles: Fundamentals of Company Level Counterinsurgency." In short, the post-Cold War security order that the US had constructed after 1991 seemed to be coming apart at the seams. He served in several counter-insurgency and peacekeeping operations in East Timor, Bougainville, and the Middle East. Publicity Listings Insurgents may not be seeking to overthrow the state, have no coherent strategy, or pursue a faith-based approach difficult to counter traditional methods. In 2004, he became a senior analyst in the Australian Office of National Assessments, where he served on the writing team for the Australian Government's 2004 Terrorism White Paper, "Transnational Terrorism: The Threat to Australia." He is Professor of Practice in the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University, and is CEO and President of Cordillera Applications Group, a research and operations firm providing geopolitical analysis, remote observation, fieldwork and related support to government, industry and NGOs. Kilcullen has argued in most of his works for a deeper cultural understanding of the conflict environment, an approach he has called conflict ethnography: "a deep, situation-specific understanding of the human, social and cultural dimensions of a conflict, understood not by analogy with some other conflict, but in its own terms. The paper calls for "modular, highly educated and skilled forces with a capacity for network-enabled operations, optimised for close combat in combined arms teams. The piece responded to Andrew Bacevich's review[36] of Kilcullen's book, The Accidental Guerilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One, and also addressed his criticisms of American administrations. 5 This paper builds on evidence gathered in the 1990s during fieldwork for a doctoral dissertation on insurgency: David Kilcullen, Political Consequences of Military Operations in Indonesia 1945–99, unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of New South Wales, 2000. [citation needed] He took his army officer training at the Royal Military College, Duntroon. In this article we explore David Kilcullen’s Pillars of Control by looking at the Theory of Competitive Control in the United States. Remarks delivered at the U.S. Government Counterinsurgency Conference, Washington D.C., 28 September 2006 [also in PDF] ... this is a life-and-death competition in which the loser is marginalized, starved of support and ultimately destroyed. David Kilcullen > Quotes > Quotable Quote “My personal position on counterinsurgency in general, and on Iraq and Afghanistan in particular, could therefore be summarized as "Never again, but..." That is, we should avoid any future large-scale, unilateral military intervention in the Islamic world, for all the reasons already discussed. David Kilcullen served as a Lt. in the Australian Army, he served in counter-insurgency operations around the world. Kilcullen wrote: [M]y views have been on the public record for years, since well before I came to work for the government and since before I served in the field in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Kilcullen argues that counter-insurgency operations, whether successful or not, cause the diffusion of political power from central to local leaders and that populations are the major actors in insurgency and counter-insurgency dynamics. The economic relationship between insurgents and population may be diametrically opposed to classical theory. ", In early 2007, Kilcullen became a member of a small group of civilian and military experts, including Colonel H. R. McMaster, who worked on the personal staff of General David Petraeus, the Commander of the Multi-National Force – Iraq. |  Introduction Your company has just been warned for deployment on counterinsurgency operations in Iraq or Afghanistan. [20] He was a partner at the Crumpton Group, but left "over a matter of principle. His research centered on investigating power diffusion in Indonesia during the Darul Islam Era of 1948 to 1962 and the Indonesian Occupation of East Timor of 1974 to 1999. The dramatic unrest in Washington yesterday seems to represent a historic shift in the conflict dynamic in the US. Before founding Caerus, Kilcullen served 24 years as a soldier, diplomat and policy advisor for the Australian and United States governments. It is a strategic error to personalize the conflict in this way, it’ll strengthen the enemy and weaken our friends. [1], Kilcullen helped write the United States Army's Field Manual 3-24, Counterinsurgency, published in December 2006. We now face not one but two global terrorist organisations in an environment that’s much less stable and much more fragmented than it was in 2001. All Cats should read David Kilcullen’s insightful analysis in today’s Oz. Find Richard Kilcullen in the United States. Kilcullen's 2006 paper "Counterinsurgency Redux" questions the relevance of classical counterinsurgency theory to modern conflict. But the task of the moment is not to cry over spilt milk, rather to help clean it up: a task in which the surge, the comprehensive counterinsurgency approach, and our troops on the ground are admirably succeeding. These teams will be small, semi-autonomous, and highly networked, incorporating traditional elements of the combined arms team as well as non-traditional elements such as civil affairs, intelligence, and psychological warfare capabilities. [15], Kilcullen was seconded to the United States Department of Defense in 2004, where he wrote the counter-terrorism strategy for the Quadrennial Defense Review that appeared in 2006. In that respect, the new strategy and tactics implemented in 2007, which relied for their effectiveness on the Surge's extra troop numbers, ARE succeeding and need to be supported. [24], In October 2019, Kilcullen participated in a workshop of experts at RAND in which the Deputy Secretary of Defense Mick Mulroy officially rolled out the Irregular Warfare Annex saying it was a critical component of the 2018 National Defense Strategy. ... More by David Kilcullen. [I]n my view, the decision to invade Iraq in 2003 was an extremely serious strategic error. He argues that successful counterinsurgency is about out-governing the enemy and winning the adaptation battle to provide integrated measures to defeat insurgent tactics through political, administrative, military, economic, psychological, and informational means. "Kilcullen on Afghanistan: "It's Still Winnable, But Only Just. Thus, field evidence suggests, classical theory is necessary but not sufficient for success against contemporary insurgencies, Kilcullen's paper "Twenty-Eight Articles"[29] is a practical guide for junior officers and non-commissioned officers engaged in counter-insurgency operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. in 2009 he said: "These strikes are totally counter-productive. [9][10], In 2020 a fifth book was published The Dragons and the Snakes: How the Rest Learned to Fight the West. In 2005 and 2006 he was Chief Strategist in the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the U.S. State Department. [11][12], Kilcullen graduated from St Pius X College in 1984. [25], In 2004, Kilcullen wrote Complex Warfighting, which became the basis of the Australian Army's Future Land Operating Concept, approved the next year. He is a professor at Arizona State University and at University of New South Wales, Canberra. EPC. [14], Kilcullen was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Australian Army and served in a number of operational, strategic, command, and staff positions in the Royal Australian Infantry Corps and Australian Defence Force. [5] It identifies an operating environment heavily influenced by globalization and the United States' conventional military dominance. - IMDb Mini Biography By: From Commentary January 7, 2021 5 minute read 183 On 6 March 2009, Kilcullen published a piece on Small Wars Journal titled "Accidental Guerrilla: Read Before Burning." In an interview with Spencer Ackerman of the Washington Independent in 2008, Kilcullen called the decision to invade Iraq "fucking stupid" and suggested that if policy-makers apply his manual's lessons, similar wars can be avoided in the future. David Kilcullen has 13 books on Goodreads with 15042 ratings. The paper's publication history is an illustration of new methods of knowledge propagation in the military-professional community. [2] He is a professor at Arizona State University and at University of New South Wales, Canberra. David Kilcullen is a former soldier and diplomat, and a scholar of guerrilla warfare, terrorism, urbanisation and the future of conflict, who served 25 years for the Australian and United States governments. After twelve months of training in Indonesia, Kilcullen graduated from the Australian Defence Force School of Languages[13] in 1993 with an advanced diploma in applied linguistics. 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