Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Iraq's water crisis threatens its economic and politcial development

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While Middle East analysts have focused on the Arab-Israeli dispute, Islamic radicalism and nuclear proliferation, a more serious problem lo...
Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Keeping the politicians honest in Baghdad

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Despite the continued machinations of Iraq's political elite over forming a new government now 8 months after last March's parliamen...
Friday, November 26, 2010

In Iraq, Don't Abandon the Provincial Reconstruction Teams

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Vice-President Joseph Biden's admonition in a recent New York Times Op-Ed column (November 21, 2010) that the US not abandon Iraq at t...
Saturday, November 13, 2010

Afghanistan: Counterinsurgency or Social Reconstruction?

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US and Western efforts in Afghanistan are based on a number of dubious assumptions. First, the Obama administration continues to think in t...
Monday, November 8, 2010

Local Control and Democratization in Iraq

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Iraq has experienced very difficult times recently. It is still without a government over 8 months since last March's parliamentary ele...
Friday, October 29, 2010

Lessons Learned from Iraq or Lessons Learned From Afghanistan?

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Many analysts have discussed the “lessons learned” for Afghanistan based on the US’ experience in Iraq. Little has been done to analyze wha...
Sunday, October 17, 2010

What has Iraq's elite learned from the current political crisis?

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The inability of Iraq's political elite to agree upon forming a new government does not bode well for the process of democratization fol...