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<p>This thesis looks at how the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia  (FARC) was able to survive and control significant parts of Colombia until  relatively recently. It also explains the decline of the FARC as a significant  insurgency (and as one of the last, if not the last significant guerrilla organization  in the region). While a historical political economy and social analysis of the rise  and demise of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias Colombianas (FARC)  between 1964 and 2010 tells us a great deal about the modern nation-state of  Colombia, we also ask what the history and contemporary character of Colombia  tells us about the rise and fall of the FARC?. More specifically, what are the  future prospects for the FARC? Are the guerrillas gone? Furthermore, what are  the implications of the decline of the FARC for Colombian politics? Finally, what  are the Counterinsurgency (COIN) and other policy lessons, for Colombia and  beyond, which we can derive from a thorough assessment of the rise and  apparent demise of the FARC as a major guerrilla organization? We conclude  that the dramatic weakening of the FARC in Colombia is part of a wider trend in  the region. Despite the continued presence of social inequality and uneven  economic development, the general opening of the political process in Colombia  and elsewhere combined with the success of various counterinsurgency  campaigns and/or the self-destruction of some insurgencies marks the dawn of a  new era. Colombia is ultimately an example of the fact that major insurgency and  counterinsurgency operations may have passed permanently from the Latin  American stage.
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<br>Subjects: Insurgency.; Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia; FARC (Spanish Acronym); Auto Defense Forces of Colombia; AUC (Spanish Acronym); Government of Colombia; GOC; U.S. policy; illicit drugs; demobilization; Colombian Military; Colombian National Police; Colombian Political system</div>
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<dl><dd>Castano, Arturo Herrera</dd>
<dd>Tarrant, Shane L.</dd></dl></div>
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