Insurg Gangs in the Americas

3 Credits · Level: Graduate

This course interrogates theoretical and policy debates around the formation of insurgencies and armed gangs and efficacy of strategies chosen to combat them in the Americas. It utilizes key regional cases from across the region, including both recent history and the contemporary security environment, to closely study current theory and practice, concluding with an assessment of how future regional ternds might cause insurgences and armed gangs and government responses to evolve.