Strategic Intelligence and Civil Affairs to Understand Legitimacy and Insurgency: Avoiding the Stabilization Trap

Chapter 1. Legitimacy and Governance in Stabilization Legitimacy and Insurgency Legitimacy and Alternative Governance Chapter 2. The Stabilization Trap Managing Legitimacy to Avoid the Stabilization Trap The State vs The Nation: The Case of the United States of America Legitimacy and Complexity Chapter 3. Contemporary Vulnerabilities To Legitimacy The Tangibles Corruption Opposition to Foreign Influence Outrage Specific Grievances The Intangibles Chauvinism Crowd Power Identity How Legitimacy Is Lost Chapter 4. Recommendations for Regaining Legitimacy Recommendation 1: Use Civil Affairs to Evade the Stabilization Trap Recommendation 2: Re-establish Strategic Intelligence to Inform Policy Development Conclusion