Iraq

Baghdad’s Blank Slate

The massive development projects the Iraqi government has planned for the city seem designed to wipe it clean of its past memories.

The Iraq War’s Catastrophic Consequences

Twenty years later, the U.S.-led invasion continues to shape geopolitics for the worse.

Iraq, Twenty Years Later

How the militarization of politics continues to destabilize Iraq decades after the U.S.-led invasion.

9/11 Forever

The legacy of September 11 continues to normalize state-sanctioned barbarity.

The Price of Vengeance

Settling the Cinematic Torture Debate

War Is Betrayal, Redux

Any story of war is a story of elites preying on the weak, the gullible, the marginal, the poor.

Fighting over the Same Ground

An Interview with Rajiv Chandrasekaran

Regime Change Doesn’t Work

History shows that forcing rulers from power rarely works. Even apparently successful regime changes often leads to bitter civil war.

Iraq’s Lost Generation

The war’s human toll.

An Ugly Peace

What changed in Iraq.

Al Qaeda in Lebanon

The Iraq War spreads.

No Going Back

Little relief in sight for millions of displaced Iraqis.

Nuclear Freeze

The Middle East and global arms control.

Anatomy of a Civil War

Iraq’s descent into chaos.

On the Ground in Iraq

The roots of sectarian violence.

Exit Strategy

How to disengage from Iraq in 18 months.

The Auditors

Bad intelligence and the loss of public trust.

In the National Interest

A grand new strategy for American foreign policy.

Iraq’s Chaos

Why the insurgency won't go away.

The Iraqi Shiites

On the history of America’s would-be allies.

Shock and Awe Meets Market Shock

The dangerous mix of economic and military goals in Iraq

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