Iraq Study Group Report Articles

Plan Z for Iraq

A community-based security approach for the land of the two rivers.

Middle East Muddle

A map of the mess.

The Art of the Possible

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?

If the United States seeks to quell the civil war in Iraq, re-occupation may be the answer.

Ensuring a Legacy

Bush will never run for office again. He should concentrate on applying his doctrine, not on defending his decisions.

The Business of Insurgency

In Iraq, crime does pay. The insurgency is about more than just politics or ethnicity.

Does Iraq Matter?

Realists, neocons, and liberals all agree that American failure in Iraq would be a catastrophe beyond Iraq. Really? How exactly?

Occupational Hazards

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.

The Future of a Contradiction

The great issue of American foreign policy today may be simply stated.

America's Grand Strategy: A Pattern of History

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

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May 26, 2012