Iraq conflict Articles

Plan Z for Iraq

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

The Art of the Possible

Lee H. Hamilton | Nov 01, 2007
When a U.S. administration announces unrealistic foreign-policy goals, it sets itself up for failure. Today, we confront a very different international landscape, and the heady days of 2003 permanently belong to the past.

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.

Keeping the Lid On

Daniel Byman
Kenneth M. Pollack
| May 01, 2007
The negative effects of an Iraqi civil war can be mitigated, even if the conflict itelf cannot be quelled.

UN, Rediscovered

Derek Chollet | Mar 01, 2007
The UN is flawed, but the United States can learn to use it better—as long as we hold reasonable expectations.

Ensuring a Legacy

Kim R. Holmes | Jan 03, 2007
Bush will never run for office again. He should concentrate on applying his doctrine, not on defending his decisions.

Is This Victory?

Tommy Franks
Stephen Biddle
Peter Charles Choharis
John M. Owen IV
Daniel Pipes
Gary Rosen
Dov S. Zakheim
| Nov 10, 2006
Defining what constitutes victory in Iraq is the number one question in American politics. Washington needs to go beyond offering bumper-sticker cliches to provide workable yardsticks for measuring success. Some thoughts on the matter.

Breathing Room(1)

Joseph R. Biden, Jr. | Sep 01, 2006
U.S. policy in Iraq—and elsewhere around the world—ought to be based on reality. Iraq is already a partitioned country. Recognizing that allows us to craft a strategy to salvage success.

Breathing Room

Joseph R. Biden, Jr. | Sep 01, 2006
With even the president backing away from a stay-the-course strategy on Iraq, Biden's call for federalism is gaining increasing attention. He amplifies here on the idea, how he arrived at it and what its philosophical foundation is.

Brussels Unbound

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

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