Ryan Crocker

Ryan Crocker is dean and executive professor at the George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. A career foreign-service officer, he served as ambassador to Iraq from 2007 to 2009.


Essays

Society

Dreams of Babylon

| 06.28.10

Iraq is not yesterday’s war. If Obama withdraws too quickly, the tenuous peace will collapse.

Commentary

Society

Turning the Page in Iraq

| 10.12.10

Reduced violence and signs of political progress in Baghdad are heartening. But the United States remains essential to Iraq's success.

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May 25, 2013