March 20, 2013 will mark the 10th anniversary of Iraq's liberation from Saddam Hussein's Baathist regime. In the intervening years we've seen a violent Sunni-A.Q.I. insurgency against the American occupation that morphed into a full fledged (and continuing) civil war between armed elements of the sunni and shia populations. We've also witnessed the emergence of a semi-independant Kurdish autonomous region-ostensibly an Iraqi possession but contested on a variety of levels daily. Finally, we watched the slow emergence of an increasingly assertive Iraqi national government.
What follows are a series of discussions/interviews courtesy of Small Wars Journal with notable experts on various aspects of this new Iraq. I don't expect much discussion will be provoked. Still, let it not be said that WAB doesn't retain a lingering strain of interest in the outcome of, perhaps, the region's most explosive new state-
Iraq In The Middle Pt.I: F. Gregory Gause III On Iraq's Relations With The G.C.C.
Iraq In The Middle Pt.II: Reidar Vissar On Iraq's Relations With Iran
Iraq In The Middle Pt.III: F. Stephen Larrabee On Iraq's Relations With Turkey
Iraq In The Middle Pt.IV: Maria Fantappie On Iraq's Relations With Syria
Iraq In The Middle Pt.V: David Forsythe On Iraq's Relations With It's Democratic Partners
Iraq In The Middle Pt.VI: Richard Weitz On Iraq's Relations With China And Russia
Iraq In The Middle Pt.VII: Joost Hiltermann On Iraq's Relations With Israel
Iraq In The Middle: Conclusion
What follows are a series of discussions/interviews courtesy of Small Wars Journal with notable experts on various aspects of this new Iraq. I don't expect much discussion will be provoked. Still, let it not be said that WAB doesn't retain a lingering strain of interest in the outcome of, perhaps, the region's most explosive new state-
Iraq In The Middle Pt.I: F. Gregory Gause III On Iraq's Relations With The G.C.C.
Iraq In The Middle Pt.II: Reidar Vissar On Iraq's Relations With Iran
Iraq In The Middle Pt.III: F. Stephen Larrabee On Iraq's Relations With Turkey
Iraq In The Middle Pt.IV: Maria Fantappie On Iraq's Relations With Syria
Iraq In The Middle Pt.V: David Forsythe On Iraq's Relations With It's Democratic Partners
Iraq In The Middle Pt.VI: Richard Weitz On Iraq's Relations With China And Russia
Iraq In The Middle Pt.VII: Joost Hiltermann On Iraq's Relations With Israel
Iraq In The Middle: Conclusion