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Chronology

Low Intensity Conflict and Nation-Building in Iraq: A Chronology
-Eric M. Brewer, Sara B. Moller, and Stephen S. Lanier
May 26, 2006

Iraqi Security and Military Force Developments: A Chronology
- Paul S. Frederiksen, Emily J. Fall, and Patrick B. Baetjer
May 26, 2006

Low Intensity Conflict: Violence Against the Iraqi People
-Anna R.Wittman and Bill Elliott
March 30, 2006

The Iraq War: A Working Chronology
- Anthony H. Cordesman
April 14, 2003

Iraq Political Developments

The Uncertain Cost of the Iraq War
-Anthony Cordesman
May 9, 2006

Dividing Iraq: Think Long and Hard First
-Anthony H. Cordesman
May 1, 2006

Iraqi Economic Reconstruction and Development
-Onur Ozlu, April 24, 2006

The Impact of the Iraqi Election: A Working Analysis
-Anthony H. Cordesman, with the Assistance of Patrick Baetjer, January 10, 2006

The Meaning of the Referendum on the Iraqi Constitution
-Anthony H. Cordesman, October 17, 2005

The Arab Role in Iraq: A Strategy for Action
- Anthony H. Cordesman, October 05, 2005 

The Iraqi Constitution: Solution or Part of the Problem?
- Anthony H. Cordesman, August 23, 2005  

Keeping the Iraqi Constitutional Debate in Perspective
- Anthony H. Cordesman, August 21, 2005  

Praying for Luck: The Real Meaning of Iraq's Coming Elections
- Anthony H. Cordesman, January 02, 2005  

One Year On: Nation Building in Iraq (WORKING DRAFT)
- Anthony H. Cordesman, April 16, 2004  

Nation Building in Iraq: A Status Report
- Anthony H. Cordesman, March 25, 2004  

The Power Struggle over Elections in Iraq: The Other Side of the Story
- Anthony H. Cordesman, January 23, 2004  

Developments in Iraq at the End of 2003
- Anthony H. Cordesman, December 29, 2003

Iraqi Security Forces

Iraq and the Problem of Militias
-Anthony Cordesman
May 8, 2006

Iraqi Force Development: A Current Status Report July 2005-February 2006
-Anthony  H. Cordesman, with the Assistance of William D. Sullivan, February 15, 2006

Iraqi Force Development: A Current Status Report July-December 2005
-Anthony H. Cordesman, with the Assistance of William D. Sullivan, January 18, 2006

Iraqi Force Development: Can Iraqi Forces Do the Job?
-Anthony H. Cordesman, with the assistance of William Sullivan,November 29, 2005

Iraqi Force Development: Coalition Reporting as of the Fall of 2005
-Anthony H. Cordesman,November 21, 2005

Iraqi Force Development: Can Iraqi Forces Do the Job?
- Anthony H. Cordesman, August 08, 2005  

Iraq's Security Forces: 150,000 or Bust?
- Anthony H. Cordesman, April 14, 2005  

Resources versus Strategy and Force Transformation: Iraq and the Challenges of "American Overstretch"
- Anthony H. Cordesman, April 12, 2005  

Iraqi Force Development: The Challenges of Partnership in Nation-Building
- Anthony H. Cordesman, April 08, 2005  

Iraqi Force Development: An Iraqi View
- Anthony H. Cordesman, March 10, 2005  

Strengthening Iraqi Military and Security Forces
- Anthony H. Cordesman, February 17, 2005  

Inexcusable Failure -Progress in Training the Iraqi Army and Security Forces as of Mid-July 2004
- Anthony H. Cordesman, July 20, 2004 

The Critical Role of Iraqi Military, Security, and Police Forces
- Anthony H. Cordesman, October 07, 2004 

Current Military Situation in Iraq
- Anthony H. Cordesman, November 14, 2003  

The Status of Iraqi Land Forces and Security/Intelligence Forces: A Guesstimate

- Anthony H. Cordesman, April 10, 2003


Insurgency

Iraq's Evolving Insurgency and the Risk of Civil War
-Anthony H. Cordesman, with the assistance of Eric M. Brewer and Sara Bjerg Moller, April 26, 2006

Meeting the Challenge of a Fragmented Iraq: A Saudi Perspective
-Nawaf Obaid, April 6, 2006

The Iraq War and Lessons for Counterinsurgency
-Anthony H. Cordesman, with the assistance of Eric M. Brewer and Sara Bjerg Moller, March 16, 2006

The Iraqi Insurgency and the Risk of Civil War: Who Are the Players?
-Anthony H. Cordesman, March 1, 2006

Iraq's Evolving Insurgency: The Nature of Attacks and Patterns and Cycles in the Conflict
-Anthony H. Cordesman, February 3, 2006

Casualties, the Election, and Insurgency - A "Red Team" View
-Anthony H. Cordesman, January  6, 2006

The Iraq War and Its Strategic Lessons for Counterinsurgency
-Anthony H. Cordesman,December 9, 2005

Iraq’s Evolving Insurgency
-Anthony H. Cordesman, with the Assistance of Sara Bjerg Moller, December 9, 2005

Shaping the Future of Counterinsurgency Warfare: A Strategic Approach
-Anthony H. Cordesman, November 29, 2005

The Zarqawi Attack on Jordan: A Single Point Does Not Make a Trend
-Anthony H. Cordesman, November 15, 2005

New Patterns in the Iraqi Insurgency: The War for a Civil War in Iraq
- Anthony H. Cordesman, September 27, 2005

The Developing Iraqi Insurgency: Status at End-2004
- Anthony H. Cordesman, December 22, 2004  

Fallujah, Sadr, and the Eroding US Position in Iraq
- Anthony H. Cordesman, April 30, 2004

Hostages, Murders, and Desecrated Corpses: Iraqi Political and Psychological Warfare
- Anthony H. Cordesman, April 11, 2004  

U.S. Strategy

Winning the "Long War" in Iraq: What the US Can and Cannot Do
-Anthony Cordesman
May 24, 2006


American Strategic, Tactical, and Other Mistakes in Iraq: A Litany of Errors
-Anthony Cordesman, April 19, 2006


The Iraq War and Its Lessons for Developing Local Forces
-Anthony H. Cordesman, January 3, 2006


US and Coalition Casualties in Iraq
-Anthony H. Cordesman, October 20, 2005


Success or Failure in the Fighting in Iraq?
- Anthony H. Cordesman, September 14, 2005  

Withdrawal from Iraq: US Hopes or US Plans?
- Anthony H. Cordesman, August 25, 2005  


Resources versus Strategy and Force Transformation: Iraq and the Challenges of "American Overstretch"
- Anthony H. Cordesman, April 12, 2005  

Playing the Course: A Strategy for Reshaping US Policy in Iraq and the Middle East
- Anthony H. Cordesman, November 22, 2004

The Battle for Fallujah: The Underlying Military Issues
- Anthony H. Cordesman, November 08, 2004  


The Fallujah Objectives: What Meaningful "Victory" Really Means
- Anthony H. Cordesman, November 07, 2004  

US Policy in Iraq: A "Realist" Approach to its Challenges and Opportunities
- Anthony H. Cordesman, August 06, 2004


Intelligence Reform as a Self-Inflicted Wound: Asking the Right Questions
- Anthony H. Cordesman, September 16, 2004  

Beyond Anger and Counterterrorism: A New Grand Strategy for U.S. and Arab Relations
- Anthony H. Cordesman, September 13, 2004 


Intelligence, Iraq, and Weapons of Mass Destruction Main Report with Supporting Annex
- Anthony H. Cordesman, January 26, 2004  

Intelligence, Iraq, and Weapons of Mass Destruction Main Report
- Anthony H. Cordesman, January 26, 2004  

Intelligence, Iraq, and Weapons of Mass Destruction Executive Summary
- Anthony H. Cordesman, January 26, 2004


The Transatlantic Alliance: Is 2004 the Year of the Greater Middle East?
- Anthony H. Cordesman, January 12, 2004  

The “War After the War” In Iraq: Evolving Conflict, Possible Scenarios, and the Data and Analytic Tools Needed to Understand What is Happening
- Anthony H. Cordesman, August 08, 2003
 
Intelligence Failures in the Iraq War
- Anthony H. Cordesman, July 16, 2003


Iraq: Is This The Beginning of a Third Gulf War?

- Anthony H. Cordesman, July 07, 2003


Figures Indicate Challenging Transition Ahead in Iraq
- Anthony H. Cordesman, June 25, 2004 


Coalition Provisional Authority Working Papers -- Iraq Status
- Coalition Provisional Authority, June 22, 2004  


Iraq Governance Transition -- Coalition Provisional Authority Fact Sheet
- Coalition Provisional Authority, June 22, 2004  


The Situation in Iraq: The Impact of President Bush’s Speech
- Anthony H. Cordesman, April 16, 2004  


The Bush Plan for Iraq: A Risk Assessment
- Anthony H. Cordesman, May 25, 2004  

Iraq: What is to Be Done
- Anthony H. Cordesman, May 05, 2004 


The Implications of the Current Fighting In Iraq
- Anthony H. Cordesman, April 08, 2004 


Four Hazard Points Secretary Baker Must Address on Iraq's Debt
- Secretary Baker, December 18, 2003  

Iraq and Asymmetric Warfare: The US vs. FRL/Islamist Duel
- Anthony H. Cordesman, December 04, 2003  

Four Wars and Counting: Rethinking the Strategic Meaning of the Iraq War
- Anthony H. Cordesman, December 01, 2003  


Iraq: Too Uncertain To Call
- Anthony H. Cordesman, November 14, 2003

What is Next in Iraq? Military Developments, Military Requirements and Armed Nation Building
- Anthony H. Cordesman, August 21, 2003  

Iraq: Is This The Beginning of a Third Gulf War?
- Anthony H. Cordesman, July 07, 2003    


Victory in Iraq and the Not So New Middle East
- Anthony H. Cordesman, April 16, 2003


Victory in Iraq and the Fracture Lines in Iraq and the Middle East
- Anthony H. Cordesman, April 14, 2003

The Evolving Ethical, Moral, and Legal Dilemmas of the Iraq War
- Anthony H. Cordesman, April 08, 2003


The U.S.-Iraqi Artillery Duel: Precision Artillery vs. Chemical Weapons?
- Anthony H. Cordesman, March 19, 2003

Understanding the New "Effects-based" Air War in Iraq
- Anthony H. Cordesman, March 15, 2003


If We Fight Iraq: The Lessons of Fighting in Afghanistan
- Anthony H. Cordesman, December 07, 2001

 

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