Iraq Planning Group Reports
Iraq: The Way Ahead
Phase IV Report
by Frederick W. Kagan
March 24, 2008
No Middle Way: The Challenge of Exit Strategies from Iraq
Phase III Report
by Frederick W. Kagan
September 6, 2007
Choosing Victory: A Plan for Success in Iraq
Phase II Report
by Frederick W. Kagan
April 25, 2007
Choosing Victory: A Plan for Success in Iraq
Phase I Report
by Frederick W. Kagan
January 5, 2007
Recent Events
Iraq: The Way Ahead
March 24, 2008
"No Middle Way": Two Reports on Iraq
September 6, 2007
Assessing the Surge in Iraq
July 9, 2007
Sustaining the Surge
April 25, 2007
Iraq: A Turning Point
January 5, 2007
Choosing Victory: A Plan for Success in Iraq
December 14, 2006
Recent Publications
How We'll Know When We've Won (5/5/08) - by Frederick W. Kagan
Know Thy Friends (5/4/08) - by Danielle Pletka
Don't Drain Iraq's Cash (5/4/08) - by Frederick W. Kagan
Time to Cut the Cord (5/4/08) - by Richard Perle
Paying for the War (4/24/08) - by Frederick W. Kagan
Sadr's in a JAM (4/22/08) - by Thomas Donnelly
The "Real" al Qaeda (4/21/08) - by Frederick W. Kagan
Progress, Actually (4/21/08) - by Frederick W. Kagan
What Happened in Basra: The Maliki-Sadr Showdown (4/14/08) - by Frederick W. Kagan and Kimberly Kagan
Hope and Skepticism (4/7/08) - by Christopher Griffin
Why Iraq Matters (4/7/08) - by Frederick W. Kagan
Big News out of Basra (4/5/08) - by David Frum
Iraq's Benchmarks (4/3/08) - by Frederick W. Kagan
The Basra Business: What We Know and What We Don't (4/2/08) - by Frederick W. Kagan and Kimberly Kagan
Iraq: The Way Ahead, Phase IV Report (3/24/08) - by Frederick W. Kagan
A Noble Project, Badly Managed (3/22/08) - by David Frum
There's No Freedom Gene (3/16/08) - by Danielle Pletka
The Army Grew into the Job (3/16/08) - by Frederick W. Kagan
Too Heavy a Hand (3/16/08) - by Richard Perle
We Made Mistakes in Iraq, but I Still Believe the War Was Just (3/16/08) - by Richard Perle
Sustaining the Military Effort (3/16/08) - by Gary J. Schmitt
The Importance of Fallon's Fall (3/15/08) - by Michael Barone
All Iraqis, After All (3/10/08) - by Michael A. Ledeen
The Patton of Counterinsurgency (3/10/08) - by Frederick W. Kagan and Kimberly Kagan
At the Scene of Reconciliation (2/21/08) - by Michael A. Ledeen
Iraq's Jihad Myths (2/17/08) - by Reuel Marc Gerecht
Dissonance on Iraq (2/4/08) - by Thomas Donnelly
The Proposed U.S. Security Commitment to Iraq (1/23/08) - testimony by Michael Rubin
Making Iraq Safe for Politics (1/20/08) - by Frederick W. Kagan, Jack Keane, and Michael O'Hanlon
Iraqi Security Forces: A Strategy for Success (Winter 2008) - book review by Michael Rubin
Is Iraqi Kurdistan a Good Ally? (1/7/08) - by Michael Rubin
Lessons from the Surge (12/31/07) - by Michael Barone
At the Foggy Bottom of the Iraq Story (12/27/07) - by Michael A. Ledeen
Our Friends in Baghdad (12/21/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan
Iraq Seen Plain (12/20/07) - by Michael A. Ledeen
The Extension of the United Nations Mandate for Iraq: Is the Iraqi Parliament Being Ignored? (12/19/07) - by Michael Rubin
A Year Later, Signs of Progress around the World (12/7/07) - by Michael Barone
Why the Worst Is Probably Over in Iraq (December 2007) - by Reuel Marc Gerecht
Collateral Damage (11/20/07) - by Anne Applebaum
Reconcilable Differences (11/20/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan
Victory Is Within Reach in Iraq (11/2/07) - by Michael A. Ledeen
A Dangerous Opportunity: American Military Defense at a Crossroads (10/30/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan
We're Not in 2006 Anymore (10/22/07) - by Michael Barone
Spend Whatever It Takes on the War on Terror (10/14/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan
Are We Winning the "War on Terror"? (10/3/07) - by Reuel Marc Gerecht
The Past, Present, and Future of Neoconservatism (October 2007) - by Joshua Muravchik
Why We're Winning Now in Iraq (9/28/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan
Should There be a "War on Terror"? (9/24/07) - by Reuel Marc Gerecht
Return on Success? (9/24/07) - by Michael Barone
Men at Work, Children at Play (9/24/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan and William Kristol
Defeat at Any Price (9/24/07) - by David Gelernter
What We've Accomplished (9/19/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan
Media Is Half the Battle (9/14/07) - by James K. Glassman
Webb of Problems (9/14/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan
Obama's "New Plan" (9/13/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan
Enter the Triangulators (9/17/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan
The Public Looks beyond Iraq (9/10/07) - by Michael Barone
Al Qaeda In Iraq (9/10/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan
Sustaining the Surge (9/10/07) - by Gary J. Schmitt and Thomas Donnelly
Battle of the Generals? (9/9/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan
Progress in the Iraqi Security Forces (9/6/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan
What's Wrong with the GAO Report (9/5/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan
Surge Politics (9/4/07) - by Michael Barone
The Gettysburg of This War (9/4/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan
Picking Up the Pieces (September 2007) - by Christopher Griffin
Timelines and Defeat (8/28/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan
A Tale of Two NIEs (8/27/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan
Perceptions of Iraq War Are Starting to Shift (8/6/07) - by Michael Barone
Following the Strykers (8/1/07) - by Christopher Griffin
Is the War Lost? (7/27/07) - by Peter J. Wallison
Listen to the Military (7/17/07) - by Michael A. Ledeen
U.S. Policy Options in Iraq (7/17/07) - by Michael Rubin
No Magic Bullets for Iraq (7/17/07) - by Anne Applebaum
Knowledge Is Fundamental (7/16/07) - by Michael Novak
Orderly Humiliation (7/9/07) - by Thomas Donnelly
The New Strategy in Iraq (7/9/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan and Kimberly Kagan
Dissonance at the Times (7/8/07) - by Thomas Donnelly
"What If . . ." (6/29/07) - by Peter J. Wallison
Adventurous Men of Peace (6/29/07) - by Michael A. Ledeen
Iraq: Is the Escalation Working? (6/27/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan
Operation Phantom Thunder Factsheet (6/23/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan and Kimberly Kagan
Slow-Motion Tet (6/15/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan and William Kristol
Sunni Skies Ahead? (6/12/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan
Iraq as It Is... (6/11/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan and Kimberly Kagan
Who's Cherry Picking Now? (6/11/07) - by Gary J. Schmitt
The New Old Thing (6/11/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan
Al Qaeda's New Enemy (6/10/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan
Misunderstanding the Surge (6/5/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan
Congress Gives In on War Funding (6/4/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan and William Kristol
The Annotated Iraq Study Group Recommendations (6/2/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan
Don't Abandon the Iraqis (5/28/07) - Frederick W. Kagan
Creating an Iraqi Army from Scratch (5/25/07) - by Col. Frederick Kienle, U.S. Army
You Bet We Can Win (5/21/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan
How the CIA Failed America (5/11/07) - by Richard Perle
September Showdown (5/9/07) - by John C. Fortier
To the Shores of Tripoli (5/8/07) - by Fred Thompson
Plan B? Let's Give Plan A Some Time First (5/6/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan
Friends, Enemies and Spoilers (4/30/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan
On Democracy in Iraq (4/30/07) - by Reuel Marc Gerecht
Fighting to Win (4/27/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan
Congress and Iraq (4/26/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan
Choosing Victory: A Plan for Success in Iraq (4/25/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan
The Case for Larger Ground Forces (4/24/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan and Michael O'Hanlon
Fighting to Win Biden Gets It Wrong (4/23/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan
The Democrats' Cynical Timing (4/21/07) - by David Frum
Biden Gets It Wrong (4/12/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan
The Caravan Passes while the Dogs Don't Bark (4/4/07) - by John Yoo
Weak, Loose, and Decentralized Is No Way to Run a War (4/3/07) - by John Yoo
Power of the Purse Is Enough (4/2/07) - by John Yoo
Wrong on Timetables (4/2/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan and William Kristol
Who Wins in Iraq? (March/April 2007) - by David Frum
Iraq in Books: Part II (March 2007) - by Michael Rubin
Iraq in Books: Part I (March 2007) - by Michael Rubin
The Shia-Sunni Divide (March 2007) - by Reuel Marc Gerecht
On Oversight and Iraq, Congress Finally Asserts Itself (3/7/07) - by Norman J. Ornstein
Gambling on Defeat (2/20/07) - by Michael Novak
The Leadership of George W. Bush: Con & Pro (2/16/07) - by Michael Novak
My Thoughts: A Friend Lost; Simplistic Stories; Failing the Troops (2/14/07) - by Norman J. Ornstein
Why Are the Pacifists So Passive? (2/12/07) - by John Yoo and Lynn Chu
Theater of War (February 2007) - by Christopher Griffin
Victory Demands Troops (2/1/07) - by Danielle Pletka
The Man for the Plan (1/29/07) - by Thomas Donnelly
All We Are Saying . . . Is Give Petraeus a Chance (1/29/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan and William Kristol
Timelines . . . Are Not on Our Side (1/24/07) - by Jeffrey Azarva
Please Say This . . . (1/22/07) - by David Gelernter
Seven Challenges in Facing Iraq (1/19/07) - by Danielle Pletka
Stomachless Senate (1/19/07) - by Fred Thompson
Should We Surge? II (1/18/07) - by Reuel Marc Gerecht
Numbers Games: How Many Troops Are Needed for the "Surge"? (1/18/07) - by Frederick W. Kagan
Petraeus Time (1/17/07) - by Reuel Marc Gerecht
Can a Democratic Congress Stop the Escalation? (1/15/07) - by Kevin A. Hassett
The Consequences of Failure in Iraq (1/15/07) - by Reuel Marc Gerecht
Thus All Too Seldom to Tyrants (1/15/07) - by David Gelernter
One Last Try: Finally, A Better Strategy (1/14/07) - by Thomas Donnelly
The War within Islam (1/13/07) - by David Frum
Should We Surge? (1/11/07) - by Reuel Marc Gerecht
The Surge and its Critics (1/9/07) - by Michael A. Ledeen
"Our Only Hope" (1/8/07) - by Eliot A. Cohen and Bing West
Just Tragic? (1/1/07) - by Michael Novak
