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Publications
Weekly Iraq Update #45
November 15, 2012 - Stephen WickenTigris Operations Command Continues to Cause Concern, Car Bomb Targets Military Recruits
Strategic Issues Facing the Next COMISAF
November 15, 2012![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/720711.jpg?itok=fq2HOvxO)
USMC General Joe Dunford appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee today to be confirmed as the next Commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.
Weekly Iraq Update #46
November 15, 2012 - Stephen Wicken![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/iraq_update_8_3_0_31.jpg?itok=iUKtRQ5L)
November 7, 2012-November 15, 2012 - Rumors surround Daqduq release, Tensions heighten around Kirkuk.
What Makes A Great General?
November 12, 2012 - LTG James M. Dubik (U.S. Army, Ret.)![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/generals_0.jpg?itok=AAKI3GTS)
ISW Senior Fellow Lt. Gen. James M. Dubik (ret.) reviews Tom Ricks' latest book, The Generals.
The Campaign in Northern Syria, November 2012
November 9, 2012 - Joseph HollidayThis map shows the movements of rebel forces in northern Syria during October and November 2012.
Weekly Iraq Update #43
November 2, 2012 - Stephen Wicken![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/iraq_update_8_3_0_29.jpg?itok=E3KVg16S)
October 17, 2012- October 24, 2012
Kurdish delegations arrive in Baghdad
Weekly Iraq Update #44
November 2, 2012![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/iraq_update_8_3_0_30.jpg?itok=EzzRckO4)
October 24, 2012-November 2, 2012
Iraq Sets Date for 2013 Provincial Elections as Maliki Renews Push for Majority Government
Weekly Iraq Update #42
October 17, 2012 - Stephen Wicken![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/iraq_update_8_3_0_28.jpg?itok=00onoT8w)
October 11, 2012- October 17, 2012
Central Bank governor suspended amid political disputes
NATO’s Defence Ministerial: Afghanistan after 2014
October 15, 2012![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/ana_1.jpg?itok=H9TfIxmd)
Following NATO’s Chicago Summit in May 2012, defense officials met in Brussels October 10 to discuss issues facing the NATO alliance. The mission in Afghanistan was their primary focus, and the meeting produced several critical strategic announcements.