Iraq

The Syrian Spillover

Is anyone prepared for the unintended consequences of the war for Syria?

BY DANIEL L. BYMAN, KENNETH M. POLLACK | AUGUST 10, 2012

Word Is Bond

Has President Obama kept Candidate Obama's campaign promises?

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | JULY 23, 2012

Blind in Baghdad

Mesopotamia is once again descending into sectarian violence. Too bad nobody in the United States understands what's happening on the ground.

BY MICHAEL KNIGHTS | JULY 5, 2012

Killing It

Why President Obama's kill list controversy is only good news for his reelection campaign.

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | JUNE 6, 2012

A Man With No Country

The vulgar political afterlife of Prime Minister Tony Blair.

BY ALEX MASSIE | MAY 29, 2012

Taking Maybe for An Answer

The hardest part of solving the nuclear crisis with Iran? Defining success.

BY JON B. ALTERMAN | MAY 22, 2012

The Government We Deserve

Americans are sick and tired of Washington's dysfunctional politics. But it's not Congress they should be angry at -- Americans got exactly the system of government they asked for.

BY ALASDAIR ROBERTS | MAY 21, 2012

Predators for Peace

Drones have revolutionized war. Why not let them deliver aid?

BY JACK C. CHOW | APRIL 27, 2012

Campaign Literature

Barack Obama is much stronger on foreign policy than Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie suggest.

APRIL 23, 2012

The Wages of 9/11

The war on terror may be over, but it's left behind a terrible human rights legacy -- and Barack Obama has done very little about it.

BY JAMES TRAUB | APRIL 6, 2012

Five Reasons Americans Should be Happy (In a Very Unhappy Middle East)

Cheer up. It's really bad. But all's not lost.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | APRIL 4, 2012

Baghdad's Potemkin Village

A guided tour of the Iraqi capital's elaborate artifice, in all its absurd finery, as the Arab League summit rolled into town.

BY BEN VAN HEUVELEN | APRIL 2, 2012

Pushing Back

President Barack Obama's advisors fire back at Mitt Romney.

MARCH 28, 2012

Combat Camera

The year's best military photography.

MARCH 23, 2012

The LWOT: French homegrown extremist shot dead

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | MARCH 23, 2012

Top 10 Lessons of the Iraq War

Now that the war is officially over and most U.S. forces have withdrawn, what are the most important takeaways?

BY STEPHEN M. WALT | MARCH 20, 2012

Couch of Duty

Five reasons why video games are lousy propaganda.

BY MICHAEL PECK | MARCH 6, 2012

Obama’s Shadow Wars

Missile-wielding drones and elite Special Forces units are the new face of American power, and the White House is increasingly relying on them to fight terror in the farthest corners of the globe.

MARCH/APRIL 2012

The LWOT: Gitmo sees first tentative plea deal

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | FEBRUARY 24, 2012

The League of Arab Societies

It’s high time for a new Arab League -- one that reflects and supports the rising (and struggling) wave of liberals across the Middle East and North Africa.

BY AHMED CHARAI AND JOSEPH BRAUDE | FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Rude Awakening

Promoting democracy in places like Egypt or Iraq is about changing the status quo. So why are we so surprised when it turns out that not everyone is in favor?

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | FEBRUARY 22, 2012

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