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In an unprecedented single session of Parliament on August 4th, the Lower House dismissed the Afghan defense & interior ministers, Abdul Rahim Wardak & Bismillah Khan Mohammadi, following successive no-confidence votes.
This backgrounder will review how Israel has responded to these two threats with what has become a core component of Israeli defense strategy, the world’s first battle-tested, integrated missile defense shield.
In an unprecedented single session of Parliament on August 4th, the Lower House dismissed the Afghan defense and interior ministers, Abdul Rahim Wardak and Bismillah Khan Mohammadi, following successive no-confidence votes.
August 3, 2012-August 15, 2012 Baghdad’s Tensions with Irbil and Ankara Diminish
Map of Baghdad
High-Resolution map of Mosul.
On August 2, 2012 ISW hosted a Field Report with Lieutenant General Daniel Allyn, who discussed the evolving security situation in Eastern Afghanistan, the approaching 2014 drawdown, and drivers of instability in the conflict.
ISW Senior Naval Analyst Christopher Harmer sheds light on Russia's naval base in Syria in his latest Backgrounder, " Russian Naval Base Tartus."
On June 27, 2012, AEI, ISW, and the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution conducted a one-day crisis simulation that focused on the impact of spillover from the civil war in Syria.
On June 27, 2012, the American Enterprise Institute, the Institute for the Study of War, and the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution jointly conducted a one day crisis simulation that focused on the impact of spillover from the deepening civil war in Syria.