Iraq
Want to “Take the Oil”? Crunch the Numbers First
Kenneth M. Pollack Thu, Jan 26, 2017, 1:30 PM
Editor's Note: This piece originally appeared in Markaz.
Kenneth M. Pollack is a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He has served previously as a Persian Gulf Military Analyst at the CIA and as Director for Persian Gulf Affairs at the National Security Council. He is the author of eight books on the Middle East. His most recent is Unthinkable: Iran, the Bomb, and American Strategy.
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Omphalos
Iraqi Kurdistan: Mosul and Beyond
Kenneth M. Pollack Sat, Nov 5, 2016, 11:10 AM
Editor's Note: This piece originally appeared in Markaz. This is part two in a two-part series. The first part can be found here.
Omphalos
Iraq in the Eye of the Storm
Kenneth M. Pollack Fri, Nov 4, 2016, 11:37 AM
Editor's Note: This piece originally appeared on Markaz.
Omphalos
Racing to the Finish Line, Ignoring the Cliff: The Challenges after Mosul
Ian Merritt, Kenneth M. Pollack Tue, Sep 20, 2016, 12:35 PM
Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared on Markaz.
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Middle East and North Africa
Ending the Middle East’s Civil Wars
Kenneth M. Pollack Mon, Aug 10, 2015, 10:31 AM
If the United States and the international community do not act decisively to address the larger problems of the Middle East—particularly the destabilizing effects of multiple civil wars—then these civil wars will only metastasize, spreading instability and chaos and undercutting whatever more modest strategy we try to pursue.