Insurgency in South East Asia

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This paper explores three major arguments of the roots of insurgency targeting in contemporary South East Asia and further demonstrates the implications of secessionist struggles for national states and the South East Asian region as a whole.

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"An insurgency is an organized, armed political struggle whose goal may be the seizure of power through revolutionary takeover and replacement of the existing government (Pye in Eckstein 1980, p. 159). Insurgencies are not sudden events and can be considered as a nation at war. As outlined by Thornton, insurgent activities including guerrilla warfare, terrorism, and political mobilization, are designed to accomplish specific social, economic, and political reforms (in Eckstein 1980, p. 89). In some cases, however, an insurgency's goals may be more limited. For example, the insurgency may intend to break away from government control and this is commonly known as secession."

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