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Institute for the Study of War

The Institute for the Study of War is a United States–based think tank founded in 2007 by Kimberly Kagan, providing research and analysis regarding issues of defense and foreign affairs. It has produced reports on the Syrian War, the War in Afghanistan, and the Iraq War, "focusing on military operations, enemy threats, and political trends in diverse conflict zones". It publishes daily reports on the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Wikipedia*

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Institute for the Study of War has hosted 6 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2009 Forum. The year with the most events was 2012 with three events. The year with the highest average number of views per video was 2012 with an average of 881 views per video. Most appearances with Kimberly E. Kagan (3), John M. Keane (2). Most common tags: Afghanistan, Iraq Occupation/Reconstruction (05/02/03-08/31/10).

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    Iraq Reconstruction

    Stuart Bowen, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR), talked about lessons learned from the effort to…

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    Afghanistan War Commanders

    U.S. Army Major General James L. Huggins, Jr., and then U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel J.B. Vowell, talked about their experiences as…

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    Field Report with Lieutenant General Daniel Allyn

    Former Commander of the Regional Command East Lieutenant General Daniel Allyn addressed the situation in Eastern…

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    Operations in Afghanistan

    Army Commander Chris Toner talked about his experiences overseeing U.S. efforts in Afghanistan, from where he recently…

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