Burke Chair on Counterinsurgency - Related Publication

Afghan National Security Forces

amausner — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Afghan National Security forces: Forging the Right Key to Victory

Iraq: Creating a Strategic Partnership

amausner — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The recent bombings in Iraq have shown that the Iraq War is scarcely over. The insurgency is still capable of major bombings and efforts to renew ethnic and sectarian conflict. Iraq faces other internal challenges like tensions between Arabs and Kurds, and is years away from achieving lasting security and stability.

Iraq: Security and the Challenges of Lasting "Victory"

amausner — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The Changing Challenge to Iraqi Security

US Strategy in Afghanistan

amausner — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The last few weeks have done at least as much to reveal the critical weaknesses in US strategic thinking as they have done to clarify them.

Iraq: Creating a Strategic Partnership

amausner — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Iraq and the United States have continued to make security gains during the course of 2009, but the Iraq War is scarcely over. The insurgency is still capable of major bombings and efforts to renew ethnic and sectarian conflict. Iraq faces other internal challenges like tensions between its Arabs and Kurds, and it is years away from achieving lasting security and stability.

Iraqi Trends and Afghan Resources

amausner — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The Burke Chair at CSIS is issuing two new reports on the Iraq and Afghan Wars.

The Iraq report Recent Trends in the Iraq War: Maps and Graphs can be downloaded here.

Shape, Clear, Hold, and Build

amausner — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400

(Speech given at the Cosmos Club on September 24, 2009)

We face a crisis in two wars. The US is losing the war in Afghanistan and we risk losing the gains we have made in Iraq, largely as a result of our own mistakes. After eight years of war the US is still seeking to learn how to address the problems of armed nation building.

Shape, Clear, Hold, and Build: "The Uncertain Lessons of the Afghan & Iraq Wars"

ian — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The US is losing the war in Afghanistan, and we risk losing the gains we have made in Iraq, largely as a result of our own mistakes. After eight years of war, the US is still seeking to learn how to address the problems of armed nation building.

The Levin "Plan"

amausner — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The United States and its allies face critical challenges in Afghanistan. Most of these are self-inflicted by eight years of failing to properly resource the war. The U.S.

Resourcing For Defeat

amausner — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The United States is now losing the war in Afghanistan, and is failing to consolidate its victory in Iraq. Reversing this situation requires changes in strategy, but it also requires significant additional resources.