Marisa Cochrane Sullivan

Unraveling the Syria Mess: A Crisis Simulation of Spillover from the Syrian Civil War

Kimberly Kagan Frederick W. Kagan Marisa Cochrane Sullivan Kenneth M. Pollack August 08, 2012 ANALYSIS

AEI, ISW, and the Brookings Institution jointly conducted a one-day crisis simulation that focused on the impact of spillover from the de...

Iranian Influence in the Levant, Egypt, Iraq, and Afghanistan

Danielle Pletka Ahmad Majidyar Marisa Cochrane Sullivan Frederick W. Kagan May 23, 2012 ANALYSIS

Since 2008, the Islamic Republic of Iran has continued to pursue a coordinated soft-power strategy throughout its sphere of influence, us...

From the Middle East to the U.S. Homeland: The Iranian Qods Force's Growing Ambitions

Maseh Zarif Marisa Cochrane Sullivan January 03, 2012 ANALYSIS

On October 11, 2011 the Department of Justice revealed that U.S. authorities had foiled a plot by Iran's Qods Force to assassinate the Sa...

Defeat in Iraq

Frederick W. Kagan Marisa Cochrane Sullivan Kimberly Kagan October 28, 2011 ANALYSIS

President Obama's decision to withdraw U.S. troops is the mother of all disasters.

Iran's Soft Power in Iraq

Marisa Cochrane Sullivan August 04, 2009 ANALYSIS

Iran uses the soft power of its considerable political, economic, and religious influence to pursue its national interests in Iraq.

Iran's Hard Power Influence in Iraq

Marisa Cochrane Sullivan April 10, 2009 ANALYSIS