Iraq
Why Being So Right Feels So Bad
Why did it take the State Department 10 years and billions of dollars to figure out that Iraq reconstruction was a massive failure?
BY PETER VAN BUREN | MARCH 6, 2013
The Democracy Boondoggle in Iraq
The U.S. spent billions promoting democracy in Iraq. Now the official verdict is in: It was all for nothing.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MARCH 5, 2013
Lessons Learned (and Not)
Seven things we've learned after a decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | MARCH 4, 2013
How Not to Withdraw from Afghanistan
Lessons from America's other war.
BY JIM MCDERMOTT, LAWRENCE WILKERSON | FEBRUARY 26, 2013
It's Not About Us
Forget about the “war on terror.” The next few decades will be dominated by the bitter divide within Islam itself.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | FEBRUARY 20, 2013
We Shall Return
Don't be too sure there won't be another U.S. war in the Middle East.
BY RICHARD L. RUSSELL | FEBRUARY 5, 2013
Combat Roles
Women have been fighting and dying in America’s wars for years. Here are eight who were killed in action last year.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JANUARY 24, 2013
For Defense, Less Beef, More Chuck
Why Hagel's critics need to turn down the heat.
BY JOHN ARQUILLA | JANUARY 14, 2013
Exit, Minus Strategy
Barack Obama has clearly decided to cut his losses in Afghanistan. Will all hell break lose when he does?
BY JAMES TRAUB | JANUARY 11, 2013
A 'Zero Option' for Afghanistan
Yes, President Karzai, we might pull out completely.
BY DAVID W. BARNO | JANUARY 7, 2013
10 Conflicts to Watch in 2013
From Turkey to Congo, next year's wars threaten global stability.
BY LOUISE ARBOUR | DECEMBER 27, 2012
Exit the Conciliator
Will Iraq fall apart if its president dies?
BY PETER W. GALBRAITH | DECEMBER 21, 2012
My Dinner with Jalal
Remembering better times with Iraq's stricken president.
BY PETER BOUCKAERT | DECEMBER 18, 2012
Trouble on the Home Front
The Petraeuses aren’t the military family we should be worried about.
BY KATHY ROTH-DOUQUET | NOVEMBER 21, 2012
Broken Record
David Petraeus had critics before scandal struck -- they just tended to fly under the radar.
BY URI FRIEDMAN, ELIAS GROLL, TY MCCORMICK | NOVEMBER 14, 2012
The Collaborator's Song
We often ask why some people choose to resist authoritarian regimes. But the better question might be why so many decide to cooperate.
BY ANNE APPLEBAUM | OCTOBER 31, 2012
The Backfire in Baghdad
How ExxonMobil's God Pod beat Iraq's oil chieftains at their own game.
BY BEN VAN HEUVELEN | OCTOBER 26, 2012
Beware the Tyranny of the Mob
The growing insecurity of religious and ethnic minorities is one of the biggest problems arising from the Arab Spring. But much can be done to protect them.
BY JAMSHEED CHOKSY, EDEN NABY | OCTOBER 26, 2012
The War for Free Kurdistan
Can Syria's Kurds take advantage of the civil war to form their own government? Or are they too busy starting their own civil war?
BY LOVEDAY MORRIS | OCTOBER 25, 2012
Fight Night
How Barack Obama and Mitt Romney measure up on the seven foreign policy issues that really matter.
BY JOHN ARQUILLA | OCTOBER 22, 2012
Is Iraq an Iranian Proxy?
Inquiring minds want to know.
BY SAFA AL-SHEIKH, EMMA SKY | OCTOBER 11, 2012
The General's Gambit
Petraeus tried to warn Assad about the foreign fighters in Iraq. Now they're coming for him.
BY MICHAEL R. GORDON, WESLEY S. MORGAN | OCTOBER 1, 2012
About That Red Team Report…
Michael R. Gordon's story overstates the importance of a review I ordered on Iraq.
BY GEORGE W. CASEY, JR. | SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
The Iraq Red Team
A year and a half before the surge, a secret review group in Baghdad recommended a drastic change in U.S. strategy. If that advice had been heeded, might the war have turned out differently? An exclusive excerpt from The Endgame, a new book on America's final days in Iraq.
BY MICHAEL R. GORDON | SEPTEMBER 24, 2012
Putting the Vice Back in Vice President
Mitt Romney's choice of Paul Ryan as his running mate may be controversial. But it's safe to say he's probably less trouble than these five veeps.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | AUGUST 13, 2012
How much would a no-fly zone over Syria cost?
BY KEVIN BARON
Cuba's greatest export isn't cigars -- it's doctors
BY ELIAS GROLL
No, the Spanish can't be more German -- and other myths of the euro crisis
BY MICHAEL PETTIS
Dennis Rodman calls on Kim Jong Un to do him 'a solid' and release American detainee
BY URI FRIEDMAN
3 questions Obama's new AfPak envoy must answer
BY GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON
Is there a relationship between more women in government and happier mothers?
BY ELIZABETH F. RALPH
Odierno: Sequestration leaves military unprepared for Syria
BY KEVIN BARON
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