It seems that the Iraqi military does not share Secretary Panetta’s confidence that it is ready to handle security without a significant U.S. military footprint.

Military advising is a vital component of our strategy in Iraq and other hot spots around the world.

A review ofOn Point: The United States Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom by Gregory Fontenot, E. J. Degen, and David Tohn.

For the first time in 20 years, Saudi Arabia has named an ambassador to Iraq. For years the Saudis resisted U.S. entreaties to take this step, and the current relationship between these two most important Arab countries in the Gulf has not been warm, so the timing is curious and...

Upon returning from several years of "self-imposed" exile in Iran--which the "firebrand" cleric chose after two uprisings by his Mahdi Army militia were badly defeated--Muqtada al Sadr declared, "We are still fighters," and has threatened attacks if US forces remain in Iraq past 2011.

More than three decades after the Revolution of 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran Army and the IRGC remain entangled in a rivalry which the Army — should the hitherto trend continue — is bound to lose.

The failure of Kurdish leaders to fulfill their diplomatic agenda extends beyond the latest Turkish incursion. Turkey's occupations, however, provide the Kurdistan Regional Government with an opportunity.

The establishment of a stable, well-trained Iraqi defense force is vital to guaranteeing Iraq’s domestic and regional security. But while responsibilities are slowly handed-off to the Iraqi forces, there are still many challenges to be confronted. Can ethnic and sectarian militias—often accused of fomenting sectarian conflict—be integrated successfully into the...