"New team faces daunting challenges"
May 25, 2009 - Kimberly Kagan
ISW President Kimberly Kagan writes an editorial in the Washington Examiner on the new American leadership in Afghanistan and NATO.
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Publications
Afghanistan's Ethno-Linguistic Groups
May 19, 2009 - Institute for the Study of War
ISW's most recent map of Afghanistan indicates the locations of ethno-linguistic groups and their representation in Afghanistan's largest cities.
Shifting Coalitions in Iraq's Parliament
April 28, 2009 - Jeremy Domergue
On April 19th, 2009, Iraq’s Council of Representatives successfully elected Ayad al-Samaraie as its new speaker of parliament.
Map of Afghanistan and Its Neighbors
April 16, 2009 - Institute for the Study of War
A topographical map of Afghanistan and its neighbors that show major roads, cities, and tributaries.
"The Promise, and Peril, Ahead for Iraq"
April 9, 2009 - Kimberly Kagan
The parliament has learned how to use the power of the purse.
"Yes, We Can. In the 'graveyard of empires' we are fighting a war we can win" in the Weekly Standard
March 23, 2009 - Kimberly Kagan
If you believe the headlines, Afghanistan is "the graveyard of empires," a "quagmire" and a "fiasco," the place where President Barack Obama will meet his "Vietnam."
"How to Surge the Taliban" in the NYT
March 12, 2009 - Kimberly Kagan
New York Times Op-Ed written by Kimberly Kagan, Frederick Kagan, and Max Boot
"No Holy Grails, No Silver Bullets" by LTG James Dubik (ret.)
February 21, 2009 - LTG James M. Dubik (U.S. Army, Ret.)
Since I’ve been back from Iraq (after a tour as commanding general of the Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq from June 2007 to July 2008), one of the questions I’m asked most often is: “What was the thing that made the surge work?”