Strategic reset Commentary

Win, Hold and Lose

Ted Galen Carpenter | Sep 01, 2009
Nation building is a failed policy. So why are we trying it in Afghanistan?

Kabul Goes Tribal

Amitai Etzioni | Oct 28, 2008
The best way to solve insurgency issues in Afghanistan is to adopt policies that succeeded in Iraq—work with local tribal leaders instead of nation building.

Iraqi Kurdistan-A New Warzone?

Ximena Ortiz | Oct 10, 2007
Tensions along the Turkish-Kurdish border are escalating as PKK militants and the Turkish military clash. There could be serious consequences for Baghdad, Ankara and Washington.

Fireside Chat: Getting to a Grand Bargain

The National Interest | Jul 17, 2007
The issue of an intervention by Turkey in Iraq is really political football between the government and the military.

Turkish Election Fever

Thomas Goltz | Jul 09, 2007
Continuing National Interest coverage of Turkey, Thomas Goltz reports on how the Kurdish question is influencing the run-up to the July 22 parliamentary elections.

Getting it Right in Kurdistan

Camille Pecastaing | Jun 25, 2007
If everyone would smarten up, Kurdistan and Turkey could be the best things to happen to each other.

Turkey-Kurdistan Update

Wolfango Piccoli | Jun 07, 2007
Wolfango Piccoli  clarifies what really happened along Turkey's border  with northern Iraq, while Henri Barkey

State of the Union: in Decline

William E. Odom | Jan 24, 2007
General William Odom, former director of the National Security Agency, gives his perspective of Bush’s State of the Union address and the president’s plan for Iraq and the Middle East.

A Concert of the Greater Middle East

W. Patrick Lang | Dec 28, 2006
With the states, factions and sects of the Islamic world trembling on the edge of a chasm of massive military conflict, a Concert of the Greater Middle East—in the spirit of the Concert of Europe—is needed.

The ISG: Illusions Surrendered Group

Antony T. Sullivan | Dec 08, 2006
The ISG report is the most important statement on U.S. foreign policy in decades. It will impact U.S. Iran policy. The reaction in Israel could surprise.

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