Iraq War troop surge Articles

The Art of Petraeus

T. X. Hammes | Oct 30, 2008

There is no doubt that General Petraeus’s strategies salvaged Iraq. His successes, however, mask a vital policy debate about the future of our armed services.

Xenophobia on the Continent

Andrew Kohut

Richard Wike

| Oct 30, 2008

Anti-Semitism is on the march in Europe. But the European’s new turn toward isolationism goes even further than that.

Voting Blind

Justine A. Rosenthal

Dimitri K. Simes

| Sep 03, 2008

John McCain and Barack Obama are busily offering foreign-policy platitudes on the campaign trail, mostly about spreading freedom, working with allies and hunting down terrorists. But what exactly would they do if elected? Digging ourselves out of

Patient Stabilized?

Stephen Biddle | Feb 29, 2008

Iraq may be emerging from intensive care, but it could use a bit more stitching up.

Middle East Muddle

Dennis Ross | Nov 01, 2007

A map of the mess.

Levantine Labyrinths

Antony T. Sullivan | May 01, 2007

Sectarian infighting and foreign intervention breed intrigue on the Lebanese political scene. Last summer’s war had a devastating effect—but factional power politics and Hizballah’s rising popularity threaten to make matters worse.

Is This Victory?

Tommy Franks

Stephen Biddle

Peter Charles Choharis

| 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.

The Middle East Waiting Game

Claude Salhani | Mar 01, 2006

Many in the Islamic world experience their own internal class of civilizations.

Her Majesty's Secret Service

Steven Simon

Jonathan Stevenson

| Dec 01, 2005

7/7 tested how the British cope with Islamist terrorism. Were they found wanting?

Blending Democracy

Dov S. Zakheim | Sep 01, 2005

The political soil of the Middle East has not been tilled by the Western Enlightenment. Growing democracy there must take this into account.

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