Policy Brief: Iraq, Iran and Turkey

As I recuperate from oral surgery, I spent some of my time catching up at the Center for Defense Information.  Oh, for future reference, don’t have you wisdom teeth pulled after the age 40.  Not so fun…  This issue (101) of Weekly Security Review’s analysis by WSI Senior Fellow, John Newhouse.

One year since the release of the Baker-Hamilton Iraq Study Group report, WSI Senior Fellow John Newhouse revisits the Study Group’s recommendations in his latest policy brief, “Iraq, Iran and Turkey: A Regional Approach.” Newhouse argues that the United States must keep a low profile in Iraq and push for a regional framework for resolving the crisis. But it must also realize that bigger issues now threaten the region, such as how to deal with Iran and Turkey’s powder-keg situation in northern Iraq.

Filed under: Global Threats, Iran, Iraq