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Plan A-Minus for Afghanistan

Winter 2011, Michael E. O'Hanlon and Bruce Riedel

Unfinished Business: An American Strategy for Iraq Moving Forward

December 2010, Raad Alkadiri, J. Scott Carpenter, Frederick W. Kagan, Sean Kane and Kenneth M. Pollack

Al Qaeda in Yemen's Role in International Cargo Plane Terror Plot

October 30, 2010, Bruce Riedel

The Latest Al Qaeda Alarms

October 3, 2010, Bruce Riedel

Five Myths About the Iraq Troop Withdrawal

August 22, 2010, Kenneth M. Pollack

Partnership, Strength and Presence: Converging Regional Interests and Opportunities in the Gulf

August 2010, Suzanne Maloney and Kenneth M. Pollack

Getting the Troops Out of Iraq

August 2, 2010, Michael E. O'Hanlon

Kabul and International Partners: Still Struggling over the Basic Design

July 20, 2010, Vanda Felbab-Brown

The Obama Administration’s Approach to U.S.-Israel Security Cooperation

July 16, 2010

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McChrystal's Replacement in Afghanistan

June 28, 2010, Bruce Riedel

Reasons For Hope On Afghanistan

June 26, 2010, Michael E. O'Hanlon

The Afghan Army: A Bright Spot Among Afghanistan's Woes

May 19, 2010, Michael E. O'Hanlon

The Scariest Terror Plot

January 27, 2010, Aysha Chowdhry and Bruce Riedel

Global Trends and Security in the Muslim World: Dilemmas for U.S. and Regional Policy

February 16, 2009, Thomas Fingar, Stephen R. Grand, Jamal al Suwaidi and Tamara Cofman. Wittes

Iraq: Winners and Losers at Five Years

March 20, 2008, Bruce Riedel

Assassinating Terrorists: The bin Laden Case

March 6, 2008, Bruce Riedel

Six Years Later: Innovative Approaches to Defeating Al Qaeda

February 14, 2008, Daniel L. Byman

The U.S. Should Engage Iran

Fall 2007, Ray Takeyh and Suzanne Maloney

Iraq Trip Report

August 2007, Kenneth M. Pollack and Michael E. O'Hanlon

Extraordinary Rendition, Extraterritorial Detention, and Treatment of Detainees: Restoring Our Moral Credibility and Strengthening Our Diplomatic Standing

July 26, 2007, Daniel L. Byman

Transforming Military Training: Using the Lessons of the Past to Build the Army of the Future

September 14, 2006

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Iraq: The March of Folly

July 30, 2006, Daniel L. Byman

A To-Do List for America's New Spy Chief

December 16, 2004, Bob Graham and Flynt L. Leverett

Arming Kabul, Disarming Cabals

September 22, 2004, Anja Manuel and Peter W. Singer

Outsourcing the War

April 16, 2004, Peter W. Singer