"The Iraq War is not over and it is not 'won, ' " wrote Anthony Cordesman, who holds the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

"The problem is that everything you do in Afghanistan is now a risky strategy, " said Anthony Cordesman, a national security analyst at Center for Strategic and International Studies who recently returned from a trip to Afghanistan.

WSJ: Role Reversal: Pakistan Fears

Frederick Barton, a post-conflict reconstruction expert with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, says there was never a clear U.S. strategy for reconstructing Iraq.

NPR: Rebuilding Iraq: A Contract Goes Awry