Howard J. Shatz

David G. Tarr

"Lessons from world experience about the consequences of exchange rate overvaluation (the frequent cause of trade crises), the consequences of trying to defend an overvalued exchange rate, and the most appropriate policies for resolving an overvaluation"--Cover.

Lessons from Experience

Exchange Rate Overvaluation and Trade Protection

Angel Rabasa

Douglas Farah

Peter Chalk

Christopher M. Schnaubelt

Gregory Midgette

This report presents operational characteristics of transnational criminal networks originating in South America, identifies U.S. government policies and programs to counter these networks, and examines the military's role in that context.

Countering the Expansion of Transnational Criminal Networks

Counternetwork

Benjamin Bahney

Jacob N. Shapiro

Jonathan Wallace

Patrick B. Johnston

Danielle F. Jung

Patrick K. Ryan

Drawing from 140 recently declassified documents, this report comprehensively examines the organization, territorial designs, management, personnel policies, and finances of the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) and al-Qa‘ida in Iraq. Analysis of the Islamic State predecessor groups is more than a historical recounting. It provides significant understanding of how ISI evolved into the present-day Islamic State and how to combat the group.

Management, Money, and Terror in Iraq, 2005-2010

Foundations of the Islamic State

Through an analysis of transnational criminal networks originating in South America, this report presents operational characteristics of these networks, strategic alliances they have established, and the multiple threats that they pose to U.S. interests and to the stability of the countries where they operate. It also identifies U.S. government policies and programs to counter these networks and examines the military’s role in that context.

Forrest E. Morgan

Paul DeLuca

Brent Williams

James Dobbins

Raphael S. Cohen

Bryan Frederick

Nathan Chandler

Edward Geist

As the U.S. National Defense Strategy recognizes, the United States is currently locked in a great-power competition with Russia. This report seeks to define areas where the United States can compete to its own advantage. It examines Russian vulnerabilities and anxieties; analyzes potential policy options to exploit them; and assesses the associated benefits, costs, and risks, as well as the likelihood of successful implementation.

Competing from Advantageous Ground

Extending Russia

Carroll Ganier

Barbara Sude

Renny McPherson

This monograph analyzes the finances of the militant group al-Qa'ida in Iraq in Anbar province during 2005 and 2006, at the peak of the group's power and influence. The authors draw on captured financial documents that give details on the daily financial transactions of one specific sector within Anbar province and of the financial transactions of the AQI provincial administration.

An Economic Analysis of the Financial Records of al-Qa'ida in Iraq

Howard J. Shatz

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