Invasion of Iraq Articles

Triumph of the New Wilsonism

Nikolas K. Gvosdev
Ray Takeyh
| Jan 04, 2012
No national interest was cited as a rationale for America's Libya campaign; the action was justified solely on humanitarian grounds. This marks a fundamental break with past U.S. policy prescriptions for such military interventions.

A Subversive on a Hill

Lawrence Freedman | May 07, 2009
With America mired in two wars and our economy in shambles, the chorus of declinists has returned. But the United States will endure because it is an elastic power.

End the Crusade

Dimitri K. Simes | Jan 03, 2007
The debacle in Iraq reaffirms the lesson of a thousand years ago: there is no such thing as a good crusade; divine missions are not conducive to sensible policy.

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 Neoconservative Moment

Francis Fukuyama | Jun 01, 2004
Charles Krauthammer's "democratic globalism" fails as a guiding principle of foreign policy and creates more questions than answers.

The Blogs of War

Glenn Harlan Reynolds | Mar 01, 2004
Governments used to do war and diplomacy, media used to report them. But in the Iraq War, freelance writers with laptops critiqued, corrected and cowed them both.

The Future of a Contradiction

Robert W. Tucker | Mar 01, 1996
The great issue of American foreign policy today may be simply stated.

America's Grand Strategy: A Pattern of History

James Kurth | Mar 01, 1996
America's Grand Strategy: A Pattern of History Byline: James Kurth     In recent years, there have been many proposals about what should be the future direction, even the grand strategy, of American forei

Making Sense of Japan: A Reassessment of Revisionism

R. Taggart Murphy | Mar 01, 1996
Japan provides the last remaining prop for the dollar’s role as the world’s currency, and with that role all of America’s superpower pretensions.

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