Fertile Crescent Articles

Dreams of Babylon

Ryan Crocker | Jun 28, 2010
Iraq is not yesterday’s war. If Obama withdraws too quickly, the tenuous peace will collapse.

Spoils of Babylon

Joost R. Hiltermann | Dec 16, 2009
Kirkuk is about to bring Iraq back into civil war. The Obama administration is moving toward a settlement of this disputed region that will anger everyone.

The Federalists Go to Brussels

Christopher Patten | Oct 27, 2009
The European Union’s potential for superpower status has been greatly exaggerated. Brussels has neither the stomach for the job, nor the united purpose to undertake it.

Empire Falls

Robert A. Pape | Jan 22, 2009
The United States is in unprecedented decline. Future generations will look back at the past decade as the beginning of the end of American hegemony.

Clearing the Air

Michael T. Klare | Jan 02, 2008
In the previous issue of The National Interest, David Victor argued that the threat of resource wars is exaggerated. Michael Klare weighs in.

Plan Z for Iraq

Amitai Etzioni | Nov 01, 2007
A community-based security approach for the land of the two rivers.

Liberté, Fraternité . . . Modernité?

The National Interest | Jul 01, 2007
As part of a new series expressing the views of foreign policy thinkers around the world, France's new president discusses Franco-American relations, the European Union's future and the Middle East.

Re-Occupy Iraq?

Jeffrey Stacey | Jul 01, 2007
If the United States seeks to quell the civil war in Iraq, re-occupation may be the answer.

Kurdistandoff

Henri J. Barkey | Jul 01, 2007
When it comes to Iraq's Kurds, the United States needs to make a deal with Turkey or face the consequences later.

Ahead of the Curve: Roadmap Revival?

Nikolas K. Gvosdev
Ray Takeyh
John C. Hulsman
| Feb 15, 2007
The way forward is to concentrate on solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which, because the many problems of the region are so interlinked, can create, in turn, momentum for dealing with the other regional disputes that feed it.

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