Institute for the Study of War

Iraq's Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 28

Jul 6, 2012 - Ramzy Mardini

June 29, 2012-July 6, 2012- Sadrists Back Down, IHEC: Provincial Elections Delayed, Al-Qaeda Militants Crossing Into Syria

Operational Art in Counterinsurgency: A View From The Inside

This monograph provides a framework for understanding operational art in counterinsurgency campaigns. In addition to the framework, the monograph describes how one set of strategic civil-military leaders achieved sufficient alignment in order to produce unity of effort and coherency of action throughout the civil-military organization.

Iraq’s Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 27

Jun 22, 2012 - Ramzy Mardini

Maliki Requests U.S. To Stop Exxon Operations, Nujaifi Threatens to Summon Maliki, Panetta: Daqduq Will Not Be Released

Iraq’s Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 24

Jun 1, 2012 - Ramzy Mardini

Sadr To Soleimani: Leave My Home, Maliki’s Cabinet Tour Leaves Mosul,Iraqiyya Defectors Cry Foul

Iraq’s Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 23

May 25, 2012 - Ramzy Mardini

Efforts To Remove Maliki Intensify, MP Withdraws From Maliki’s Coalition, Sadr Turns Heads

Iranian Influence in the Levant, Egypt, Iraq, and Afghanistan

This report is a product of the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War. It expands and builds on the 2008 report on Iranian influence.