Reflections on Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
General David Petraeus - Interview by Dr. Joseph Collins and Mr. Nathan White - CCO PRISM
Iraq
The Iraqi Kurdish Security Apparatus: Vulnerability and Structure
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Fri, 09/29/2017 - 10:15pm
As a non-state partner of the U.S., it is important to recognize the fragility and divisions within the KRG defense structure and to recognize the growing risk for intra-state conflict within the Kurdish Region.
Preventing OIF III: Using the Interagency Conflict Assessment Framework to Achieve a Sustainable Iraqi Security Force
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Sat, 09/16/2017 - 12:07pm
The current military-focused strategy is insufficient. ISAF advisers’ efforts alone cannot overcome the powerful dynamics ready to tear the proud Iraqi force apart.
Iraq, the Islamic State, and War Termination
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Tue, 09/05/2017 - 8:07pm
An unsolicited letter to the Prime Minister of Iraq, Haider Al-Abadi.
July 14th, 1958: Iraq’s Day of Infamy
The cause of Iraq’s troubles - the single event without which the hideous mutilation of today would never have occurred - was a 1958 coup d’état.
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Lessons From Stabilizing Fallujah
SWJ discussion with Daniel R. Green and William F. Mullen III, the authors of "Fallujah Redux: The Anbar Awakening and the Struggle with al-Qaeda".
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The Iraqi Military, The US-led Coalition and the Mosul Operation: The Risk of Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory
As the Mosul operation grinds forward, it is vitally important for the US and its allies to double down on their commitment to supporting the Iraqi Army and the Counter Terrorism Service.
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Missing Economic Strategy in Iraq
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Sat, 12/17/2016 - 11:49am
This paper was prepared in early 2010, when it might still have been possible to advance an agenda for a diversified private sector in Iraq. We missed our opportunity.
SOF, COIN, and the Question of Host Nation Viability: An Interview with Dick Couch
As Iraq appears to unravel, it is only right to continue the debate about counterinsurgency, the appropriate application of landpower, and the expanding role of Special Operations in the US military.
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Whose Responsibility is Interoperability?
If there is one thing the United States military has come to value over the last decade of war – perhaps the only thing – it is having interoperable coalition partners.