"The Promise, and Peril, Ahead for Iraq"
April 9, 2009 - Kimberly Kagan
The parliament has learned how to use the power of the purse.
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Publications
"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?”
"Iraq's Remarkable Election" in the Wall Street Journal
February 5, 2009 - Kimberly Kagan
Kimberly and Frederick Kagan's published an op-ed article in the Wall Street Journal on the Iraq's recent Provincial Elections.
Diyala's Provincial Election
January 30, 2009 - Claire Russo
Maliki and the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) face-off in the run up to the Provincial Elections in Diyala Province.
2009 Iraqi Provincial Elections Fact Sheet
January 26, 2009 - Scott Weiner
On January 31, 2009, fourteen of Iraq’s eighteen provinces will hold provincial elections. This fact sheet provides information on the upcoming Provincial Elections.
The Fragmentation of the Sadrist Movement
January 15, 2009
The Sadrist Movement has steadily fragmented as a result of the Surge, competition among internal factions, and Prime Minister Maliki’s consolidation of power.
Asaib Ahl al Haq and the Special Groups
January 13, 2009
This paper evaluates how the two groups, Asaib Ahl al-Haq and Special Groups are affiliated by testing four hypotheses about the relationship between the two organizations.