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Spoils of Babylon

Joost R. Hiltermann | Dec 16, 2009
Kirkuk is about to bring Iraq back into civil war. The Obama administration is moving toward a settlement of this disputed region that will anger everyone.

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.

Kurdistandoff

Henri J. Barkey | Jul 01, 2007
When it comes to Iraq's Kurds, the United States needs to make a deal with Turkey or face the consequences later.

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.

Auditing Arrogance

Yevgeny Primakov | Jun 01, 2004
Three months before the start of the American operation in Iraq I visited the United States, where I met with Vice President Dick Cheney and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice.
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Commentary

Falling Out

Ted Galen Carpenter | Apr 23, 2010
America’s deteriorating relationship with Turkey is likely to get even worse.

Iraq's Long, Hot Summer?

Kenneth M. Pollack | Mar 29, 2010
Washington must allow Iraqis to form a government on their own terms. If it forces a solution, Iraq could descend into chaos once again.

Kurdistan Election Decided

Joost R. Hiltermann | Mar 09, 2010
Kurdish voters presented a united front for Baghdad. But internal divisions are rife—and the region might soon devolve into political turmoil.
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Books & Reviews

Heirs of Sargon

Robert D. Kaplan | Jun 30, 2009
Iraq has a long and tortured history. Home to the tyrant, the origins of despotism lie in the primordial ooze of the Mesopotamian swamp. Yet for a brief moment fifty years ago, the land of two rivers experienced democracy.

The Tao of the Arab Center

Paul R. Pillar | Oct 30, 2008
The Bush administration may have gotten a lot wrong, but there is still hope for America’s policy in the Middle East. Three books shed some light on how the United States can get over Iraq.

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