Foreign Policy Essay
Why Security Assistance Often Fails
U.S. advisers know that partner militaries disregard their training, but are rarely willing to address the reasons why.
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U.S. advisers know that partner militaries disregard their training, but are rarely willing to address the reasons why.
Two years into President Biden’s term—and 20 years since the mission to topple Saddam Hussein began—there’s no driver behind the wheel of the United States’s Iraq policy.
Repeal isn’t just good housekeeping. It would help ensure that Congress weighs in before pursuing another major war in the Middle East.
Congress originally enacted the 2002 AUMF to remove Saddam Hussein. But in the subsequent 20 years, it’s been used for so much more.
The talks between the regional rivals have yielded little progress because of the countries' disparate goals and regional positions.
As Biden heads to the Middle East, there are limits to the potential for diplomatic breakthroughs.
Iraq needs a reliable military, but that will require training that fosters leadership, adaptability and esprit de corps.
There was an opportunity for a more productive relationship between Riyadh and Baghdad.
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At first glance, a partnership grouping together Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan appears rather strange. But the new partnership potentially heralds a far more ambitious project to bring together the countries of the Levant more broadly.