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Counterinsurgency Operations
Stability, Security, Transition, and Reconstruction Operations
Human Terrain Knowledge Base
Ethnic Group • Ethnic Subgroup • Super Tribe • Tribe • Person • Political Figure • Province • District
NPS Security and Development Course
SETOW Lesson Plans
Information Sharing in Complex Environments

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Recent Articles

Page	User	Modified
Syria Assessment	Daniel.schmidt	13 hours ago
Syria	Alyssa Thompson	14 hours ago
Example Assessment Page	Alyssa Thompson	Yesterday
Honduras Assessment2	Alyssa Thompson	Yesterday
Syria Test Page	Liz Mooney	Yesterday
North Korea Assessment	Jeffery.kresha
Brazil Assessment	Mmyers	Yesterday
Uganda Assessment	Bdcary	Yesterday
Iran Assessment	Wmandrick	Thu, 05/17/12
1	Thomas.Baker4	Wed, 05/16/12

The knowledge base consists of four types of knowledge.

• Doctrine Knowledge - chunked knowledge from U.S. Army, Marine Corps, Joint Operations, NATO Field Manuals (e.g. FM 3-24 Counterinsurgency, FM 3-07 Stability Operations and Support Operations), NGO Handbooks (e.g. The Sphere Handbook, INEE Minimum Standards for Education in Emergencies, Chronic Crises and Early Reconstruction ).
• Reference Knowledge - chunked reference knowledge encyclopedic sources (e.g. CIA World Factbook, Wikipedia), social science papers published in peer reviewed journals, authoritative aggregators of reference knowledge (STAR-TIDES, CCOportal, etc.)
• Quantitative Knowledge - chunked quantitative knowledge from social science databases (e.g. Uppsala Civil Conflict, START Global Terrorism, Minorities at Risk (MAR), World Development Indicators databases), social science papers analyzing quantitative data, social science risk analysis reports interpreting event databases,
• Current Knowledge - chunked current knowledge from authoritative news sources (e.g. ReliefWeb)
• Community Knowledge - questions and answers by the Complex Operations community