EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In April 2008, 35 policy experts and practitioners gathered in Riyadh to examine the challenge of finding a regional consensus for stabilising Iraq. A number of key issues, opposing...
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International Security Monthly Briefing Apr 2007: Four years on
Paul Rogers These monthly briefings started in May 2003, so the current briefing completes the first four years of the series. The emphasis has been on three main areas - the conflicts in Iraq and...
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International Security Monthly Briefing June 2006: spring offensives in two wars
Paul Rogers Iraq At the beginning of June, an American air raid in central Iraq resulted in the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian-born paramilitary leader who had figured prominently in US...
Iraq: Three years on
Paul Rogers Earlier briefings in this series sought to analyse the manner in which the United States' forces were responding to the insurgency in Iraq. In the October and November briefings last...
Iraqi liberation? Towards an integrated strategy
Why this initiative? In September 2005, Oxford Research Group hosted one of its regular Liddite Conversations, which bring together senior journalists with regional experts and analysts to deepen...
International Security Monthly Briefing October 2003: US options in Iraq
Professor Paul Rogers The visit of Paul Wolfowitz to Iraq in late October was intended to provide an opportunity for positive news, not least in relation to the Madrid conference of potential donors...
International Security Monthly Briefing September 2003: Iraq and Insecurity
Professor Paul Rogers During the course of August and the early weeks of September, the security situation for the United States in Iraq deteriorated markedly. The massive car bomb in the holy city...
International Security Monthly Briefing July 2003: Iraq - Liberation or occupation?
Professor Paul Rogers A month ago, at the beginning of June, there were already indications that the United States and Britain were facing serious paramilitary opposition in Iraq. On 1 May, President...
Iraq: International Security Monthly Briefing May 2003 - After the war
Professor Paul Rogers The stated reason for the war against Iraq was the refusal of the Saddam Hussein regime to comply with UN resolutions relating to the disarmament of its chemical, biological and...
Iraq: Consequences of a war
BRIEFING PAPER - OCTOBER 2002 Professor Paul Rogers Contents Executive Summary Introduction Why Attack Iraq Now? The Relevance of Oil What Kind of War? Area Impact Munitions A Ground War The War from...