The Malay-Muslim Insurgency in Southern Thailand--Understanding the Conflict's Evolving Dynamic: RAND Counterinsurgency Study--Paper 5Current unrest in the Malay-Muslim provinces of southern Thailand has captured growing national, regional, and international attention due to the heightened tempo and scale of rebel attacks, the increasingly jihadist undertone that has come to characterize insurgent actions, and the central government's often brutal handling of the situation on the ground. This paper assesses the current situation and its probable direction. |
Contents
CHAPTER ONE Introduction | 1 |
CHAPTER TWO The Insurgency | 5 |
CHAPTER THREE A New Front in the Global Jihad? | 13 |
Future Prospects | 21 |
Bibliography | 23 |
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