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Earl Gregg Swem Library

Iraq: Country Analysis Brief

Categories: Energy,Iraq

http://www.eia.gov/countries/analysisbriefs/Iraq/iraq.pdf

Iraq has the fifth largest proven crude oil reserves in the world and is one of the few countries where much of its oil resources have not been fully exploited.  This report covers Iraq’s reserves and production for petroleum and natural gas.  From the Energy Information Administration

 

Iraq’s Budget as a Source of Political Stability

Categories: Conflict Resolution,Democracy/Peace,Iraq

http://www.usip.org/files/resources/SR328-Iraqs%20Budget%20as%20a%20Source%20of%20Political%20Stability.pdf

Examines coalition efforts to strengthen the Iraqi government, provide essential services, and counter the insurgency by building Iraq’s budgetary system.  From the United States Institute of Peace

 

Mitigating Media Incitement to Violence in Iraq: A Locally Driven Approach

Categories: Conflict Resolution,Democracy/Peace,Iraq

http://www.usip.org/files/resources/SR329-Mitigating-Media-Incitement-to-Violence-in-Iraq.pdf

Describes the process developed over a four year period to enable Iraqi media, regulators, and members of civil society to reduce inflammatory content on television stations.  Involved analysis of content of Iraqi news broadcasts and development of guidelines.  From the United States Institute of Peace

 

The Iraq War Ten Years After

Categories: Defense/Military,History,Iraq,Spying/Intelligence

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB418/

A collection of declassified documents on the mistakes and failed intelligence that led to the problems in Iraq.  Includes the Downing Street memo where the British concluded that the U.S. government was arranging intelligence facts to match the policy, an FBI interview with the captured Saddam Hussein, and the National Intelligence Estimate about Iraq’s nonexistent weapons of mass destruction.  From the National Security Archive

 

Statement in Support of Providence Inquiry—U.S. v. Private First Class Bradley Manning

Categories: Afghanistan,Crime/Justice,Defense/Military,Headlines,Iraq

http://www.fas.org/sgp/jud/manning/022813-statement.pdf

Statement of Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of leaking thousands of U.S. government documents to the Wikileaks website.   Posted by the Federation of American Scientists.

 

Learning from Iraq: A Final Report from the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction

Categories: Defense/Military,Democracy/Peace,Headlines,Iraq,Public Works

http://www.sigir.mil/files/learningfromiraq/Report_-_March_2013.pdf#view=fit

 

The final in a series of reports on the Iraq War and the U.S. efforts to rebuild the shattered country.  Includes how much money was spent  ($60 billion), where the money went (much of it to training and equipping the Iraqi Security Forces), and final lessons.   Follows an earlier report: Hard Lessons: The Iraq Reconstruction Experience.  From the Office of the Special Inspector General

 

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976, Volume 27, Iran; Iraq, 1973-1976

Categories: Foreign Affairs,Headlines,History,Iran,Iraq

http://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v27

Documents  on U.S. foreign policy toward Iran and Iraq during the Nixon administration.  From the State Department

 

Peacebuilding Efforts of Women from Afghanistan and Iraq: Lessons in Transition

Categories: Afghanistan,Conflict Resolution,Democracy/Peace,Iraq,Women

http://www.usip.org/files/resources/SR319.pdf

Practical steps and lessons learned in bringing peace to countries in transition from war.  Statements from a June 2012 seminar featuring women from Afghanistan and Iraq.  From the United States Institute of Peace

 

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