26.01.10 Iraq Focus January issue: Table of contents

LEADERSHIP AND POLICY
> Desperate times, desperate measures: As elections loom, Maliki feels the heat.

POLITICS AND SECURITY
> Security strategy tested against Baghdad militants: Death sentences passed
> Explosions in the Sunni Triangle
> Chemical Ali gets fourth death sentence
> Blackwater fallout: Security companies pay the price
> Trouble in Sulemania: Tensions rise in Kurdistan as parties launch antagonistic media campaign; Masoud Barzani steps in
> KDP's Shawis takes over key economic post in Baghdad.

ENERGY INDUSTRY
> New appointments at top of oil sector
> Iranian incursion casts shadow over oil awards: Iraq's low key response; 'Misunderstanding' and withdrawal
> Shaikan estimates up
> Iraq joins transparency initiative.