Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 3
December 30, 2011 - Ramzy Mardini
December 24-30, 2011. Tensions Increase between Maliki and Sadrists, Maliki Tries to Replace Iraqiyya Ministers, Steering Committee Formed for National Conference.
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Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 2
December 23, 2011
December 19-23, 2011. Crisis escalates in Iraqi Media, Maliki Confronts the Kurds, Maliki Abuses the Constitution.
Dealing with the Haqqani Network (Foreign Policy)
December 20, 2011 - Institute for the Study of War
During a Senate Armed Services hearing yesterday, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike alleged what many of us have believed for some time...
Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 1, December 15-19, 2011.
December 19, 2011 - Ramzy MardiniLast week, a troubling political crisis emerged in Baghdad that has placed Iraq on a worrisome path that could potentially unravel and threaten its stability.
ISW in Brief: Hamas to Abandon Syria, Iran
December 15, 2011 - Joseph Holliday
Senior Hamas officials’ repeated leaks show that the organization is prepared to evacuate Syria, despite public denials and party-line assurances that close relations with Syria’s embattled Assad regime continue.
The Struggle for Syria in 2011
December 14, 2011 - Joseph Holliday
This paper provides context for understanding the cycles of violence in Syria.
Maliki Arrests Potential Opposition
December 14, 2011 - Ramzy Mardini
Recently Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki commenced in a wide-scale campaign to purge hundreds of former members of the Ba’ath party from Iraq’s security apparatus.
Opinion: A New Mirage in the Iraqi Desert
December 14, 2011 - Kimberly Kagan
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s meeting with President Obama is supposed to be an occasion to declare the successful end of the war in Iraq...Read More
The Haqqani Network and the Threat to Afghanistan
December 12, 2011 - Institute for the Study of War
In the debate over how to plan for the U.S. exit from Afghanistan, a new argument has surfaced about who, exactly, American forces should be fighting.
For Pakistan, A Chance To Turn Pakistani Taliban Into Allies
December 9, 2011 - Institute for the Study of War
As relations between the U.S. and Pakistan continue to spiral downwards, Pakistan may be looking to build a new friendship instead of repairing an old one.