Rationale for the Iraq War Articles

The Road to Recovery

Paul J. Saunders | Jan 02, 2008
A New Year's resolution is in store for U.S. foreign policy.

The New Realism

Bill Richardson | Nov 07, 2007
What should the United States do about problems like terrorism, global warming, nuclear proliferation and Iraq? Bill Richardson lays out his foreign policy vision.

Radioactive Hype

John Mueller | Aug 29, 2007
Public enemies are unlikely to obtain nuclear weapons, despite widespread fears to the contrary.

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.

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.

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.

A Test of Power

David C. Hendrickson
Robert W. Tucker
| Sep 01, 2006
The Bush Administration has vastly exaggerated the dangers associated with the development of an Iranian nuclear weapons program and underestimated the deterrent capacity of U.S. military power.

Understanding Saddam

Michael Eisenstadt | Sep 01, 2005
Explaining Saddam's motivations could be an asset for dealing with other tyrants.

In Defense of Striped Pants

Morton Abramowitz
Leslie H. Gelb
| Mar 01, 2005
Governments get the bureaucracies the deserve.

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