Abstract

This introduction to the special issue ”Global Counterinsurgency and the Police-Military Continuum” examines the emergence of global counterinsurgency in the twentieth century and introduces the critical concept of the police-military continuum. Through a review of the recent literature, it also provides a framework for analyzing the relationship of historical trends and contemporary developments in what is typically labeled ”police militarization.” It introduces and summarizes the fourteen original research articles in the special issue, which analyze United States, United Kingdom, Costa Rica, Haiti, India, Kenya, Malaysia, Tanganyika, and elsewhere. The introduction explains the genesis of the special issue in the aftermath of the rebellions of 2020, and it also considers new directions for research in the aftermath of the events of 6 January 2021 at the US Capitol, as well as what these events indicate about counterinsurgency’s possible future mutations.

摘要

这篇对特刊“全球反叛乱和军警连续体”的介绍审视了 20 世纪全球反叛乱的出现，并介绍了军警连续体的批判性概念。通过对近期文献的回顾，它还提供了一个框架，用于分析通常被称为“警察军事化”的历史趋势与当代发展之间的关系。介绍和总结了特刊中的十四篇原创研究文章，分析了美国、英国、哥斯达黎加、海地、印度、肯尼亚、马来西亚、坦噶尼喀等地。导言解释了 2020 年叛乱后特刊的起源，