Burke Chair on Lessons of War - 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: 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.

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.

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.

The Afghan War

amausner — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The Afghan-Pakistan conflict is a complex conflict that covers two countries and has ideological, political, governance, economic, military, and security dimensions that are extremely difficult to measure and portray in summary form.

Legitimacy and the Afghan Elections

amausner — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Shape, Clear, Hold, and Build

amausner — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The US experience in the Afghan and Iraq Wars is scarcely over. It has, however, already produced a wide range of lessons. Some are narrow and apply largely at the tactical or technical level.