Publications

Force Distribution in Marjah and Nad Ali

March 2, 2010 - Institute for the Study of War

For more information on the Force Distribution in Marjah and Nad Ali, see Operation Moshtarak: Taking and Holding Marjah by Jeffrey Dressler.

Helmand

March 2, 2010 - Institute for the Study of War
For more information on the Helmand Province and Marjah, see Operation Moshtarak: Taking and Holding Marjah by Jeffrey Dressler.

Operation Moshtarak: Taking and Holding Marjah

March 2, 2010

This Backgrounder is the second installment in a series of reports analyzing the battle for Marjah in Helmand province.

"Iran Has Designs on Iraq" (Wall Street Journal)

February 17, 2010

Dr. Kimberly Kagan and Dr. Fredrick Kagan, Wall Street Journal, February 17, 2010

Iraqi Elections Update

February 15, 2010

This backgrounder provides an update on the political developments in Iraq in advance of the March 7, 2010 parliamentary election.

Central Helmand Province

February 11, 2010 - Institute for the Study of War

Helmand, Afghanistan 
For more information on Helmand, Afghanistan, see Operation Moshtarak: Preparing for the Battle of Marjah, by Jeffrey Dressler.

Operation Moshtarak: Preparing for the Battle of Marjah

February 11, 2010

This Backgrounder is the first installment in a series of reports analyzing the battle for Marjah in Helmand province.

Marjah, Nad Ali and Lashkar Gah Districts

February 11, 2010 - Institute for the Study of War
For more information on the Marjah, Nad Ali, and Lashkar Gah Districts in Afghanistan, see Operation Moshtarak: Preparing for the Battle of Marjah, by Jeffrey Dressler.

"Preparing for Your Future and That of the U.S. Army" by LTG James Dubik (ret.)

January 31, 2010 - Institute for the Study of War

As future colonels, generals and senior sergeants major, you will be responsible not only for figuring out what should be reformed and what conserved, but also for directing and supervising necessary changes.

The Re-election of Hamid Karzai

January 31, 2010

This report documents Afghanistan’s politics as they evolved in 2009, and examines the implications they will have for the way forward.

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