Iraq

Sorry, Mitt: It Won't Be an American Century

American politicians should stop pretending the United States runs the world.

BY CHARLES KUPCHAN | FEBRUARY 6, 2012

The Coming Civil War in Afghanistan

It's not inevitable, but it's more likely than ever before. Here's how to avoid the worst.

BY ARIF RAFIQ | FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Premature Evacuation?

Why cutting and running in Afghanistan is good politics for Obama.

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Crude Awakening

In Iraq's turbulent politics, whoever controls the oil production wields the power. And that might soon be ExxonMobil.

BY BEN VAN HEUVELEN | JANUARY 31, 2012

Why Stop There?

The Obama administration's leaner, meaner military may be still too big.

BY JAMES TRAUB | JANUARY 26, 2012

The Iraqi Revolution We'll Never Know

Imagine for a moment that the United States never invaded Iraq. Would the Arab Spring have toppled Saddam anyway?  

BY MICHAEL WAHID HANNA | JANUARY 17, 2012

My Mesopotamian Getaway

Fishing with handguns and touring ancient ruins in post-American Iraq.

BY EMMA SKY | JANUARY 13, 2012

Princess of the Marshes

My trip through post-American Iraq. 

BY EMMA SKY | JANUARY 12, 2012

The LWOT: U.S. citizen charged with terrorism offense in Florida

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | JANUARY 10, 2012

The Price of 'Victory'

The war in Iraq is over … just not for the Iraqis.

BY MOHAMMED AL-DIYALI | DECEMBER 30, 2011

A Little Humility

If Iraq has taught us anything, let it be this.

BY JAMES TRAUB | DECEMBER 23, 2011

Exclusive: Iraqi Vice President: Maliki Is Becoming a New Saddam

An arrest warrant for Iraq's Sunni vice president just days after the U.S. troop withdrawal has sparked fears that the country may once again plunge into sectarian violence.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | DECEMBER 22, 2011

The Damage Done

The 10 big takeaways from America's adventure in Iraq are also clues to its uncertain future. 

BY IAN LIVINGSTON, MICHAEL O'HANLON | DECEMBER 21, 2011

Don't Just Do Something, Stand There!

What should America do about the Arab Spring? Not much.

BY F. GREGORY GAUSE III | DECEMBER 21, 2011

The LWOT: Iraqi VP wanted on terrorism charges

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | DECEMBER 20, 2011

The Last Prisoner

The fate of a senior Hezbollah commander captured in Iraq raises questions about what the United States accomplished in Mesopotamia -- and the future of its shadow war with Iran.

BY MITCHELL PROTHERO | DECEMBER 16, 2011

What We Leave Behind

After nearly nine years of war in Iraq, moving out is a bigger job than you might think.

BY DAVID AXE | DECEMBER 16, 2011

Remembering Basra

Nine years ago, I drove into Iraq one spring morning. As we leave it's worth recalling: After all the angry commissions and self-serving memoirs, the war was always more complicated than it seemed.

BY SUSAN B. GLASSER | DECEMBER 15, 2011

Is Foreign Policy Obama's Safe Zone?

Not among Republicans.

BY SCOTT CLEMENT | DECEMBER 14, 2011

The LWOT: Senate, House edit detainee provision in defense bill

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | DECEMBER 14, 2011

The Hawks' New Flight Pattern

Neocons blew off concerns about Iranian influence in Iraq in 2003. Why are they so obsessed with it now?

BY JAMES TRAUB | NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The FP Interview: Condoleezza Rice on Obama, “Leading from Behind,” Iraq, and More

The former secretary of state dishes on what the current administration gets right -- and what it gets wrong.

BY JOSH ROGIN | NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Welcome to the Shadow War

The pullout of U.S. forces in Iraq threatens to unleash a dangerous and deadly struggle with Iran and within the Iraqi army.

BY MICHAEL KNIGHTS | OCTOBER 24, 2011

The Ultimate AfPak Reading List

A guide to the most critical readings on Afghanistan and Pakistan.

BY PETER BERGEN | OCTOBER 6, 2011

We Did Mean Well

Peter Van Buren's account of the foibles of the Iraq PRTs doesn't tell the whole story.

BY STEPHEN DONNELLY | OCTOBER 5, 2011

The Zero-Sum Game

Listen up, Obama. By Jan. 1, there should be not a single U.S. troop remaining on the ground in Iraq.

BY DOUGLAS OLLIVANT | SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Checkbook Diplomacy

In shopping for hearts and minds in Iraq, the State Department made some bizarre impulse purchases.

BY PETER VAN BUREN | SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

How the State Department Came After Me

For telling the truth about what I saw in Iraq.

BY PETER VAN BUREN | SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Waiting for Bushehr

The long wait for Iran's first nuclear power plant is finally over. It's now online, but is it ready?

BY ALI VAEZ | SEPTEMBER 11, 2011

9/11 from Arab Shores

Ten years after the World Trade Center attacks, is 9/11 still a seminal moment or a historical footnote for the Middle East?

BY BORZOU DARAGAHI | SEPTEMBER 9, 2011