Thinking about counterinsurgency / Lawrence E. Cline -- "British counterinsurgency: myth or reality? / Thomas R. Mockaitis -- Strategy and outcome: what does winning look like? / Paul Shemella -- Strategic communication and COIN ops in the emerging security environment / Paul Clarke -- The case for cultural heritage protection as an element of COIN / Christopher Jasparro -- Countering Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) financing and combating the ability of insurgents to raise funds through crime in Northern Ireland during "The Troubles" / Colin P. Clarke -- COINdinistas versus whack-a-mole: the debate on counterinsurgency approaches / Lawrence E. Cline -- Sri Lanka and the destruction of the Tamil Tigers / Paul Clarke -- Counter-insurgency intelligence: looking forward by looking back / David A. Charters -- The "others": complex groups and internal security / Lawrence E. Cline -- Egypt: confronting the challenge of low level insurgency / Robert Springborg -- The transnational security threat from D-Company / Sharad Joshi, Gretchen Peters, and Phil Williams -- The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria: sustainable insurgency or paper tiger? / Colin P. Clarke and Phil Williams.