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Save to My PortfolioNational Dialogue and State-Building in the Middle East

Monday, November 09, 2009
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

National Dialogue and State-Building in the Middle EastOn November 9, the Brookings Doha Center hosted a policy discussion with H.E. Mohamad Chatah, the Lebanese minister of finance, H.E. Ghassan Khatib, director of the Palestinian Government Media Center, and H.E. Ayad Al Samarrai, speaker of the Iraqi Parliament on the project of inclusive national dialogue and state-building in Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, and Iraq. The speakers examined past and current nationally-driven conflict resolution efforts. Read More

Middle East, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel, Arab-Israeli Relations

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioIraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, U.S. President Obama and the Baghdad Bombings

Kenneth M. Pollack, October 26, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, U.S. President Obama and the Baghdad BombingsKenneth Pollack says the massive bombings in Baghdad on October 25 that killed over 150 people are a problem for both Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki and U.S. President Obama. Pollack concludes the bombing calls Maliki's claims of keeping Iraq secure into question while also bringing forward the idea that U.S. troops may need to return to Baghdad – despite previous U.S. plans – back into consideration. Read More

Iraq, Foreign Policy, U.S. Military

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioIraq's Economy Needs More Than Security

Raj M. Desai, October 23, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Iraq's Economy Needs More Than SecurityAlthough violence in Iraq has decreased, Raj Desai states other transitions are needed before U.S. businesses feel comfortable about the Iraqi investment climate. In addition to security, Desai offers three sets of fundamental reforms to convince investors that Iraq is really "open for business." Read More

Iraq, Economic Development, Development, Developing Countries, Middle East

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Save to My PortfolioStates of Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan

Jason Campbell, Michael E. O'Hanlon and Jeremy Shapiro, October 07, 2009, The New York Times

States of Iraq, Afghanistan and PakistanIraq remains between peace and war while the situation in Afghanistan still appears to be deteriorating, and Pakistan is doing better than Afghanistan but more progress is needed. Jason Campbell, Michael O'Hanlon and Jeremy Shapiro examine leading metrics from all three countries to assess how well the counterinsurgency and stabilization operations are faring. Read More

Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, U.S. Military, Transnational Security Threats

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioHow to Measure the War in Afghanistan and Iraq

Jason Campbell, Michael E. O'Hanlon and Jeremy Shapiro, October 01, 2009, Policy Review

How to Measure the War in Afghanistan and IraqCorrectly sizing the military force and tracking results on the ground are key to success in counterinsurgency and stabilization missions, write Jason Campbell, Michael O'Hanlon, and Jeremy Shapiro. To determine how the U.S. strategy is working, they assess a range of indicators to measure progress in Afghanistan and relate them to lessons learned from the conflict in Iraq. Read More

Afghanistan, Iraq, U.S. Military, Defense Strategy

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioPolitique étrangère d'Obama: les nuages noirs de l'automne

Justin Vaïsse, September 01, 2009, Le Figaro

Justin Vaïsse lays out the delicate international issues that await President Obama in the fall. He concludes none of them holds any promise of easy resolution, and the principles on which Obama founded his foreign policy will be severly tested. (French) Read More

Foreign Policy, Iraq, Afghanistan, Middle East, Russia

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Battle for Baghdad

Kenneth M. Pollack, August 25, 2009, The National Interest

With renewed violence striking Iraq, Ken Pollack writes that the United States is still all that stands between the war-torn country and anarchy. Pollack argues that the United States should use its power and influence within Iraq to ensure that the country does not slide back into civil war. Read More

Iraq, Foreign Policy, Middle East, U.S. Military, Civil War

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioObama off to a Good Start on Security Issues

Michael E. O'Hanlon, August 04, 2009, The Washington Examiner

Michael O'Hanlon assesses Barack Obama's foreign policy record halfway through his first year as president. From Russia to China and India, O'Hanlon concludes that Obama is handling situations about as well as possible. In Iraq and Afghanistan, O’Hanlon believes Obama has been willing to take important advice from commanders on the ground as well as Secretary Gates to make tough but well executed decisions. Read More

Foreign Policy, International Relations, National Security, Defense, Defense Strategy

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Save to My PortfolioHow the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars Have Shaped the Obama Administration

Michael E. O'Hanlon, July 28, 2009

Michael O’Hanlon says that conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq presented Obama with a situation that none of his five predecessors had to contend with in their early months in the White House.

Afghanistan, Iraq, The Presidency, Defense, Defense Strategy

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioIraq's Northern Problem

Michael E. O'Hanlon, July 21, 2009, The Washington Examiner

Iraq's Northern ProblemMichael O'Hanlon says that Iraq is going well on the whole, but there could be trouble brewing between the Iraqi army and Kurdish peshmerga over land interests. To address the situation, O'Hanlon recommends a U.S. envoy to Iraq be named, Kirkuk to be supervised internationally and negotiations of new "green lines" for the Kurdistan border. Read More

Iraq, U.S. Military, Middle East, Diplomacy, Turkey

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Beginning of the End in Iraq

Bruce Riedel, July 09, 2009, bitterlemons-international.org

The Beginning of the End in IraqThe withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq's cities is the beginning of the end of the American part of the war, writes Bruce Riedel. He outlines both the enormous costs already paid by going to war and explains how al-Qaeda and Iran benefited from years of U.S. foreign policy focusing almost entirely on Iraq. Read More

Iraq, Foreign Policy, Iran, Middle East, Terrorism

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioPeace, Reconciliation, and Displacement

Elizabeth Ferris, July 07, 2009, UCLA Conference on Peace and Reconciliation: Embracing the Displaced

Peace, Reconciliation, and DisplacementDisplacement is one of the tragic consequences of conflict. Elizabeth Ferris argues that once a conflict ends, resolving displacement and preventing future displacement is inextricably linked with achieving a lasting peace. Read More

Internal Displacement, Human Rights, Asia, Balkans, Migration

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioWhy Afghanistan Is No Iraq

Michael E. O'Hanlon, July 06, 2009, The Daily Beast

Though there are parallels between Iraq and Afghanistan, says Michael O’Hanlon, Afghanistan’s history of war makes the Afghan people realistic in their expectations about the future—and grateful for even modest progress. Read More

Afghanistan, Iraq, U.S. Military, Terrorism, Transnational Security Threats

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioGoing Home? Prospects and Pitfalls for Large-Scale Return of Iraqis

Elizabeth Ferris, July 02, 2009, International Association for the Study of Forced Migration Annual Conference, Nicosia, Cyprus

Going Home? Prospects and Pitfalls for Large-Scale Return of IraqisRecently discussion has turned to the prospects for the large-scale return of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) to Iraq. More than 4 million Iraqis have been displaced, either internally or externally. And while the Iraqi and US governments, policymakers in the region, and humanitarian actors assume that most will return to Iraq in the near future, Elizabeth Ferris points out that experience with other displacement crises indicates that return will be neither automatic nor straightforward. Read More

Displacement in Iraq, Iraq, Internal Displacement, Middle East, Migration

VIDEO

Save to My PortfolioPreviewing President Obama’s Trip to Russia

Steven Pifer, July 01, 2009

Previewing President Obama’s Trip to RussiaAs President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev meet in Moscow, Steven Pifer says the administration is looking for three key outcomes from the meeting: a new treaty to replace START, a cooperative approach for dealing with Iran and Afghanistan, and a structured mechanism to keep their mutual interests on track.

Russia, Nuclear Weapons, Nonproliferation, Foreign Policy, Iraq

In Brief

Five years after the U.S.-led invasion to oust Saddam Hussein, the debate on how the United States should proceed in the divided nation is as heated as ever. Although violence has declined, the U.S. military remains in a fight for peace and stability, while a divided Iraqi government has failed to reconcile crucial political and economic issues. Meanwhile, the U.S. public remains skeptical of any long-term commitment in Iraq. Brookings scholars continue to examine the facts, the politics and the possible solutions.

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Featured Experts

Kenneth M. Pollack

Kenneth M. Pollack

Director, Saban Center for Middle East Policy

Ken Pollack is an expert on national security, military affairs and the Persian Gulf. He was Director for Persian Gulf affairs at the National Security Council. He also spent seven years in the CIA as a Persian Gulf military analyst. He is the author of A Path Out of the Desert: A Grand Strategy for America in the Middle East.
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Michael E. O'Hanlon

Michael E. O'Hanlon

Director of Research and Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy
The Sydney Stein, Jr. Chair

Michael O’Hanlon specializes in U.S. national security policy. He is senior author of the Iraq Index. A former defense budget analyst who advised members of Congress on military spending, he specializes in Iraq, North Korea, homeland security, the use of military force and other defense issues.
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Suzanne Maloney

Suzanne Maloney

Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Saban Center for Middle East Policy

Suzanne Maloney studies Iran, the political economy of the Persian Gulf and Middle East energy policy. A former U.S. State Department policy advisor, she has also counseled private companies on Middle East issues. Maloney recently published a book titled Iran's Long Reach: Iran as a Pivotal State in the Muslim World.
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