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Iraq Study Group Report

Plan Z for Iraq

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

Middle East Muddle

Dennis Ross | Nov 01, 2007
A map of the mess.

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.

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.

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.
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Commentary

Economic Policy Vacuum in Iraq

Clark Johnson | Jun 14, 2010
America needs to help Baghdad build a vibrant private sector.

Don't Get Fooled Again

Ted Galen Carpenter | Sep 17, 2007
The new talk about troop reductions will only bring us back to pre-surge numbers, so what's the big deal?

Britain's Future in Iraq

The National Interest | Jul 18, 2007
Rosemary Hollis, director of research at Chatham House, discussed Britain’s Iraq Commission with National Interest editor-at-large Ximena Ortiz.
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Blogs

Legacy of a Surge

Paul R. Pillar | Sep 20, 2010
As we put the Iraq War behind us, are we forgetting its lessons?

Books & Reviews

Bridge On The River Euphrates

Colin H. Kahl | Sep 02, 2008
The much-vaunted surge has made Iraq safer. But more boots in the desert is not the only reason security has improved. As U.S. forces get ready to leave, we have to face some inconvenient political realities.

The Man Who Liked Reporters

Paul Gigot | Mar 01, 1996
Marlin Fitzwater was the most effective and well-liked press secretary since John F. Kennedy's Pierre Salinger. Fitzwater spent six years working for two presidents of markedly different public styles, Ronald Reagan and George Bush, and lived to t

Reckless War-Making; Review of Sergei N. Goncharov et al.'s Uncertain Partners: Stalin, Mao, and the Korean War

David Rees | Dec 01, 1995
Reckless War-Making; Review of Sergei N.
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