Research and Commentary

A Series of Unfortunate Events: A Crisis Simulation of a U.S.-Iranian Confrontation

October 2012, Kenneth M. Pollack

Reading Machiavelli in Iraq

October 24, 2012, Kenneth M. Pollack

Simulated War Between U.S.-Iran Has Grisly End

September 24, 2012, Kenneth M. Pollack

The Syrian Spillover

August 10, 2012, Daniel L. Byman and Kenneth M. Pollack

How, When and Whether to End the War in Syria

August 10, 2012, Kenneth M. Pollack

Unraveling the Syria Mess

August 2012, Kenneth M. Pollack, Frederick W. Kagan, Kimberly Kagan and Marisa C. Sullivan

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Unraveling the Syria Mess

August 7, 2012, Kenneth M. Pollack

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The Deteriorating Situation in Syria: A Discussion Among Four Brookings Middle East Experts

July 18, 2012, Michael Doran, Kenneth M. Pollack, Daniel L. Byman and Salman Shaikh

Security Dynamics in the Middle East

July 2, 2012, Kenneth M. Pollack

Security in the Persian Gulf: New Frameworks for the Twenty-first Century

June 2012, Kenneth M. Pollack

Saving Syria: Assessing Options for Regime Change

March 15, 2012, Daniel L. Byman, Michael Doran, Kenneth M. Pollack and Salman Shaikh

Iraq Back on the Brink: Maliki's Sectarian Crisis of His Own Making

December 23, 2011, Kenneth M. Pollack

American Policy Toward Iraq After 2011

November 15, 2011, Kenneth M. Pollack

Prospects for Increased Iranian Influence in Iraq

November 15, 2011, Kenneth M. Pollack

Iraq Troop Withdrawal: Out with a Whimper, Not a Bang

October 21, 2011, Kenneth M. Pollack

In Iraq, Are 3,000 Troops Worse Than None?

September 12, 2011, Kenneth M. Pollack

The United States Doubles Down on Iran and its Nuclear Policy

Autumn 2011, Kenneth M. Pollack and Ray Takeyh

Something Is Rotten in the State of Iraq

August 24, 2011, Kenneth M. Pollack

Iraq and the Death of Bin Laden

May 2, 2011, Kenneth M. Pollack

The Real Military Options in Libya

March 9, 2011, Kenneth M. Pollack

Could Al Qaeda Hijack Egypt's Revolution?

February 9, 2011, Kenneth M. Pollack

Baghdad's Bad JuJu

January 28, 2011, Kenneth M. Pollack

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

Obama's Policy in Tehran

November/December 2010, Kenneth M. Pollack

Five Myths About the Iraq Troop Withdrawal

August 22, 2010, Kenneth M. Pollack