Posted in Culture, Iraq, Mark T. Kimmitt, Military, Stephen Peter Rosen on Jun 12th, 2009 1 Comment »
From Stephen Peter Rosen
Understanding the reasons why Americans are more willing to wage wars than Europeans is of historical interest, but not only. It has been asserted, for example, that Americans were willing to wage war against Saddam Hussein because of the manipulation of the American political system by a lobby that was more loyal [...]
Posted in Iraq, Mark T. Kimmitt, Military, Raymond Tanter on May 13th, 2009 2 Comments »
From Raymond Tanter
A spike in violence against Iraqi civilians reinforces pressure on President Obama to maintain a force level that would allow for the maintenance of security during the drawdown.
President Obama announced a troop drawdown strategy from Iraq in February 2009, based on responsible removal of U.S. combat brigades. After removal of combat brigades, the [...]
Posted in Iraq, Mark T. Kimmitt on Apr 24th, 2009 1 Comment »
From Mark T. Kimmitt
For those who follow Iraq closely, one of the more anticipated government documents is the quarterly “9010″ report. This report, colloquially named after the requirement established in section 9010 of the 2006-2008 DOD appropriations acts, has been produced quarterly since July 2005 and serves as a historical record for operations conducted over [...]
Posted in Egypt, Harvey Sicherman, Iraq, Israel on Mar 26th, 2009 No Comments »
From Harvey Sicherman
Churchill once observed that “jaw-jaw” was better than “war-war.” This advice has not been taken very often in the Middle East. Indeed, so rare is it that the very act of “jaw-jaw” has been celebrated as a breakthrough even if not very much—except a process—results from it.
Posted in Books, Counterinsurgency, Iraq, Israel, Terrorism, Walter Laqueur on Mar 24th, 2009 1 Comment »
MESH invites selected authors to offer original first-person statements on their new books—why and how they wrote them, and what impact they hope and expect to achieve. Ami Pedahzur is associate professor of government at the University of Texas, Austin. His new book is The Israeli Secret Services and the Struggle against Terrorism.
From Ami Pedahzur
One [...]
Posted in Books, Iraq on Mar 20th, 2009 No Comments »
MESH invites selected authors to offer original first-person statements on their new books—why and how they wrote them, and what impact they hope and expect to achieve. Adeed Dawisha is professor of political science at Miami University in Ohio. His new book is Iraq: A Political History from Independence to Occupation.
From Adeed Dawisha
The idea for [...]
Posted in Iraq, J. Scott Carpenter, Mark T. Kimmitt, Military on Feb 3rd, 2009 2 Comments »
From Mark T. Kimmitt
Following on Scott Carpenter’s excellent post on the state of the Iraqi elections, it is also worthwhile to consider the security situation in Iraq. A year ago, I asked if 2008 would be
the year when the gains in security are met by gains in stability, or will the tremendous tactical gains [...]
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