2013 Weekly Iraq Update #3
January 25, 2013 - Sam Wyer
Mapping the Iraq Protests: Week 4
January 12 – January 17, 2013
By Sam Wyer
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Publications
How many troops does the U.S. need in Afghanistan?
January 17, 2013 - Christopher Harmer
Three thousand troops are not sufficient to keep even a single U.S. military base in Afghanistan after 2014. This report, released with AEI's Critical Threats Project, describes how to calculate the force requirements for keeping one base in Afghanistan after 2014.
2013 Weekly Iraq Update #1
January 17, 2013 - Sam Wyer
Protests heighten political crisis
By Sam Wyer and Marisa Sullivan
Political Update: Mapping the Iraq Protests
January 11, 2013 - Sam Wyer
These maps depict the anti-government and pro-government protests in Iraq from December 21, 2012 - January 11, 2013.
Iraq Protest Maps December 21, 2012 - January 11, 2013
January 11, 2013 - Sam Wyer
These maps depict the anti-government and pro-government protests in Iraq from December 21, 2012 - January 11, 2013.
Political Update: Competing Initiatives Shed Light on Iraq’s Uncertain Political Alliances
January 8, 2013 - Institute for the Study of War
The apparent beginnings of a campaign to remove Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, and the threat of a similar campaign against his most significant opponent suggest that Iraqi politics is entering a period of intense political jockeying.
10,000 Troops In Afghanistan Is Not Enough: Rightsizing NATO’s Developmental Support Force Beyond 2014
January 2, 2013 - Jeffrey Dressler
The Afghan National Army (ANA) is arguably the most respected institution in Afghanistan. Keeping it that way as it becomes more self-sufficient will contribute to all of NATO’S post-2014 strategic aims.
Iraq Update #52 - Demonstrations against Maliki after Issawi bodyguard Arrest
December 27, 2012 - Stephen Wicken
Demonstrations, sit-ins, and acts of civil disobedience have been ongoing in Ramadi and Fallujah in Anbar province and in Samarra in Salah al-Din since December 23 in protest of Maliki’s arrest of bodyguards assigned to Finance Minister Rafi al-Issawi.
Political Update: Can a No-Confidence Vote Against Maliki Succeed This Time?
December 21, 2012 - Stephen Wicken
Iraq Finance Minister Rafi al-Issawi, a Sunni politician and member of the secular-Sunni Iraqiyya coalition, called for a vote of no confidence against Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in an evening press conference on December 20, 2012.
Unpacking the Attempted Assassination of Asadullah Khalid
December 20, 2012 - Spencer Butts
A suicide bombing in Kabul on December 6 targeted the head of the Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS), Asadullah Khalid, in an event that has rattled Afghan elites and rekindled controversy between Afghanistan and Pakistan.