Gulf War Articles

Oil Price Warfare(1)

Roger Howard | Sep 01, 2006
Winning wars in the future may depend not only on how many troops you can put into the field but for how long you can afford to pay high prices for gasoline.

Oil Price Warfare

Roger Howard | Sep 01, 2006
War with Iran does not appear imminent and the prospect has not been a hot electoral issue. But Howard explains why war with oil-producing nations will likely be wholly unanticipated.

The Fourth Age

Charles A. Kupchan | Sep 01, 2006

Brussels Unbound

Jeffrey L. Cimbalo | Jun 01, 2006
The EU has "unilateralist" ambitions.

From Awakening to War

Robert F. Ellsworth | Jun 01, 2006
Without quick mediation, the politicization of religion could lead to conflict.

The Business of Insurgency

Robert E. Looney | Sep 01, 2005
In Iraq, crime does pay. The insurgency is about more than just politics or ethnicity.

Fighting for Oil?

Edward L. Morse | Jun 01, 2004
It is hard to find any public statement from an American official justifying the ouster of Saddam Hussein in terms of oil.

Sitting on Bayonets: America's Postwar Challenges in Iraq

Michael Eisenstadt | Jun 01, 2004
Michael Eisenstadt reckons that the Bush Administration sees the light at the end of the.... Well, let's just say in could be worse.

Does Iraq Matter?

Morton Abramowitz | Mar 01, 2004
Realists, neocons, and liberals all agree that American failure in Iraq would be a catastrophe beyond Iraq. Really? How exactly?

Occupational Hazards

Douglas Porch | Jun 01, 2003
Many Americans, including some of senior rank, appear to hold candy-coated views of the post-World War II U.S. occupations of Germany and Japan. Dealing with Iraq will be hard enough without enshrouding ourselves in myth.

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