LIT7: Laleh Khalili (2011) Gendered practices of counterinsurgency.Review of International Studies,37(4), 1471–1491. https://doi.org/10.1017/S02602105100012

Question 1

What is Khali’s 2011 view on gendered spaces and targets?

Answer 1

In regions like Iraq and Afghanistan, counterinsurgency and its associated development policies create spaces that are understood in gendered ways. Individuals are targeted for either violence or nation-building efforts based on gender categorization.

Question 2

What is the Weaponization of Sexuality (Khalili?)

Answer 2

The gendering of counterinsurgency becomes most pronounced at the intersection of counterinsurgent soldiers and local populations. Here, sexuality is weaponized, and gender distinctions are sharply intersected with class and race

Question 3

What is metropole’s gender dynamics (Khalili)

Answer 3

in the Metropole, where policy is made, new masculinities and femininities emerge within the domain of counterinsurgency policymaking. New soldier-scholars embody a softer masculinity, while counterinsurgent women become more visible in policy circles. Both groups often use feminist justifications for their involvement in counterinsurgency.