Volume 6, Issue 4, Summer 2019 Infnity Journal http://www.InfnityJournal.com Infnity Journal is solely distributed through its offcial website. It may not be shared through other websites, by email or by other means, as a whole or in any part. Please refrain from sharing this document directly and instead recommend that your friends and colleagues subscribe for free at InfnityJournal.com. This is integral to maintaining Infnity Journal as a free journal. Additionally, if quoting from an article in Infnity Journal, please ensure that Infnity Journal is properly sourced. Any publication included in Infnity Journal and/or opinions expressed therein do not necessarily refect the views of Infnity Journal or the The IJ Infnity Group, Ltd. Such publications and all information within the publications (e.g. titles, dates, statistics, conclusions, sources, opinions, etc) are solely the responsibility of the author of the article, not Infnity Journal or the The IJ Infnity Group, Ltd. § Available from InfnityJournal.com Infnity Journal Article Volume 6, Issue 4, Summer 2019 Infnity Journal Because strategy never stops... Available from InfinityJournal.com Colin S. Gray | Donald Stoker | Antullio J. Echevarria II Gur Laish | Shay Shabtai | Robert Rubel IN THIS EDITION Published in Infnity Journal, Volume 6, Issue No. 4, Summer 2019 About Infnity Journal Infnity Journal (IJ) is the world’s leading peer-review electronic journal dedicated to the study and discussion of strategy. Our intent is to bring you a strategy publication rich in thought by assisting in greater awareness of what strategy is and to advocate for the bringing together of ideas from academics and practitioners. IJ aims to make the discussion of strategy accessible to the widest possible audience, which is why we keep rigid language to a minimum and simplicity to a maximum. Infnity Journal is a completely private venture with no connection to any institution and with no political agenda. IJ’s only aim is to increase awareness, understanding and education. We welcome all views and rigorous arguments are encouraged. Subscribe for free today! A Typology of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency Donald Stoker Atlas Organization, Washington D.C. Too often the literature on insurgency and counterinsurgency dwells upon the tactical issues involved while overlooking the core differences in insurgencies as well as the key strategic factors that must be controlled to mount an effective insurrection as well as to defeat one. This article provides a simple typology for understanding and assessing insurgencies, identifes the most important factors combatants should seek to control, and shows why these matter. To cite this Article: Stoker, Donald, “A Typology of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency,” Infnity Journal, Volume 6, Issue 4, summer 2019, pages 10-17.