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Updated: April 24, 2009
Daily Analysis
A new wave of sectarian violence has broken out in Iraq as the United States shifts its military and strategic focus to Afghanistan. Analysts warn new tensions could complicate withdrawal plans.
See more in Iraq, Defense Strategy
April 16, 2009
Backgrounder
The growth and continued improvement of Afghanistan's domestic security forces is seen as key to an eventual U.S. exit, but some analysts caution that progress, already slow, will remain strained.
See more in Afghanistan, International Organizations
April 16, 2009
Interview
President Obama's new strategy for winning the war in Afghanistan has drawn praise from U.S. forces and international allies. But Afghan Defense Minister Gen. Adbul Rahim Wardak tells CFR.org that Washington's renewed commitment falls short of previous U.S. commitments.
See more in Afghanistan, Defense Policy & Budget, Defense Strategy
April 13, 2009
Podcast
A defense budget expert at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments says the Pentagon's recent spending request should be seen not as a sign of shifting military strategy, but rather a rebalancing of defense priorities.
See more in United States, Defense Policy & Budget
Updated: April 8, 2009
Backgrounder
As the Obama administration finalizes its first defense budget, analysts say near-term growth will be followed by lean spending amid the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
See more in United States, Defense Policy & Budget
April 3, 2009
Interview
Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, tells CFR.org in an exclusive interview that the mission in Afghanistan needs an increased nonmilitary commitment from NATO to succeed.
See more in Afghanistan, Defense Strategy
March 26, 2009
Interview
Low oil prices are undermining Iran's economy, a political liability for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as he seeks reelection in June. Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, a former Iranian central bank economist, assesses the link between politics and economy in Iran.
March 20, 2009
Daily Analysis
The evolving strategy in Afghanistan includes seventeen thousand more U.S. troops and plans to outbid the Taliban for the loyalty of their tribal allies on both sides of the Afghan-Pakistani border. But Gen. David McKiernan, commander of the effort, says no plan defined in purely military terms can succeed.
See more in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Defense/Homeland Security
March 19, 2009
Interactive
An interactive slideshow detailing events since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003.
See more in Iraq, U.S. Strategy and Politics
March 17, 2009
Podcast
Charles Duelfer, a former UN weapons inspector in Iraq, says the biggest failure in the run-up to the war was misreading Iraqis' intentions, a lesson to consider when dealing with other hard-to-gauge countries, like Iran.
See more in Iraq
March 6, 2009
Daily Analysis
President Obama says ending the war in Iraq will require a new definition of victory, and experts add that the United States should expect no peace dividend in its budget anytime soon.
See more in Iraq, Defense Strategy
March 2, 2009
Daily Analysis
The Obama administration has initiated sweeping reviews of homeland security policies set up after 9/11. But any plans for far-reaching changes to the apparatus that oversees domestic security could face congressional pushback.
See more in United States, Border and Ports, Homeland Security
February 19, 2009
Daily Analysis
As the United States adopts a new approach to the war in Afghanistan, NATO's value as a war-fighting partner is being questioned.
See more in Afghanistan, International Organizations
February 19, 2009
Podcast
Pessimism runs deep as the U.S.-led war effort in Afghanistan presses on, but one U.S. Army colonel sees reason for optimism in the local leaders he helped train.
See more in Afghanistan, Wars and Warfare
February 12, 2009
Backgrounder
President Obama has called for closing the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay. But he faces tough choices on where to send inmates and how to prosecute the most serious terrorist suspects.
See more in United States, International Law, Terrorism and the Law
Updated: March 30, 2009
Backgrounder
U.S. and Western military officials are calling on Iran to help stabilize Afghanistan, but historic tensions and allegations of arming militants raise doubts about Tehran's intent.
See more in Afghanistan, Iran, Defense/Homeland Security
Updated: February 5, 2009
Backgrounder
Iraq's provincial elections provide signals about the maturity of the country's political system, as well as highlight new power brokers in the provinces.
See more in Iraq, Democracy and Human Rights, Elections
January 22, 2009
Daily Analysis
President Barack Obama asserted throughout his campaign that Afghanistan, not Iraq, was the main front in the "war on terror." He now faces calls for revamping U.S. strategy in that country amid myriad setbacks.
See more in Afghanistan, Defense Strategy
January 14, 2009
Daily Analysis
Disputes over President-elect Barack Obama's pick to head the CIA may foretell a deeper struggle over how the administration can best reform America's intelligence-gathering bureaucracy.
See more in United States, Intelligence
January 9, 2009
Backgrounder
The Sunni awakening movement and the Sons of Iraq security forces it inspired helped restore peace. Iraq's long-term stability could hinge on keeping the movement satiated, experts say.
See more in Iraq
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