Anthony H. Cordesman
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Articles by Anthony H. Cordesman
August 13, 2005
The death of King Fahd and the succession of Crown Prince Abdullah have unleashed a flood of articles on Saudi stability, the Royal Family, Saudi security, and Saudi economics. Many of the latter articles have been badly out of date, and many make assertions that are simply wrong. It may be useful t...
August 04, 2005
WASHINGTON -- A detailed analysis of the current Multi National Force-I and Multi-National Security Training Command-I effort to train and equip Iraqi forces indicates that this effort has been comprehensively reorganized over the course of the last year and that it now includes far better readiness...
August 03, 2005
The key issues affecting U.S. strategy in Iraq are not military, but politics, governance, aid and economics. The United States and the Iraqi government have largely "cast the die" in military terms, and the issue is not one of strategy as much as finding ways to ensure that the development of Iraqi...