LINKING DOCTRINE TO ACTION: A NEW COIN CENTER-OF-GRAVITY ANALYSIS

摘要

As step 4 of IPB in a COIN environment, COG analysis is used to integrate our approach to operations. Undertaken from the perspective of the population and focused on the nature of the insurgency, it methodically builds detail at the lower levels and helps planners formulate CCIR that are truly crucial to achieving strategic goals. COIN COG analysis guides our identification of enemy initiatives and operations specific to an area. It－1. Highlights topics for discussion with community leaders, which in turn can produce information concerning the uniqueness and diversity of the population. 2. Helps identify unofficial community leaders and their capabilities rather than simply identifying structures and features. 3. Uncovers who the enemy's recruiters/mouthpieces are, where they operate, and how they interact with the population. 4. Helps planners form tactical courses of action that can draw the enemy out and make him more visible. 5. Identifies economic, social, and political reform projects for each community and provides insight about which local leaders to talk to and what we should talk to them about in order to further government initiatives. 6. Underlines the links between insurgents, criminal organizations, and local support. 7. Promotes interoperability between U.S./coalition military/political efforts and host-nation government elements, as this cooperation is necessary for the method to work.