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March 25, 2009

United States
Human Rights Reporting and U.S. Foreign Policy

The U.S. State Department’s annual global rating of human rights performance antagonizes friend and foe alike. Many rights activists embrace the reports while some express doubts about their influenc…

February 3, 2005

Iraq
IRAQ: U.S. Deployments at the War’s Height

This publication is now archived. How many U.S. troops were stationed in and around Iraq when Baghdad fell?The Pentagon said April 8 that some 340,000 U.S. servicemen and women were under the authori…

November 6, 2007

Iraq
The Future of the U.S. Military

While the American public focuses on bringing U.S. forces home from Iraq and Afghanistan, defense planners in Washington consider what to do with them when they get back.

February 3, 2005

Iraq
IRAQ: Iraq’s Prewar Military Capabilities

This publication is now archived. How strong was the Iraqi military before the war began?Western military experts generally estimated that in early 2003, Iraq’s armed forces were down to about 40% of…

January 4, 2007

United States
110th Congress—Defense Spending Issue Looms

The debate over defense spending will be more contentious than usual as the annual budget process ramps up in Washington.