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BusinessWeek November 17, 2003 Stanley Reed |
Iraq: Repeating A Painful History The British made many of the same nation-building mistakes in the 1920s as the US is making now in Iraq. |
BusinessWeek December 29, 2003 Stanley Reed |
Forging One Nation From Three Agendas What's the best way to bring Iraq's Shiites, Sunnis, and Kurds together under a cohesive democracy? |
BusinessWeek June 21, 2004 Stanley Reed |
Will Iraq's Allawi Use An Iron Fist? Iraq under Ayad Allawi might come to resemble other tightly policed Arab states. |
BusinessWeek March 15, 2004 Stanley Reed |
Iraq: Why The Bombers Won't Win The Day The identities of those who organized the bombings that killed more than 200 people in Karbala and Baghdad on Mar. 2 may be obscure, but their motives are clear.
The bombers want to frighten the Shiites into dialing back their political aspirations, and they want to plunge Iraq into the chaos of a sectarian civil war. |
BusinessWeek April 26, 2004 Stanley Reed |
Hearts, Minds, And Mistakes How can the U.S. win back the goodwill it lost in Iraq? First, empower the Iraqis |
BusinessWeek April 26, 2004 Bruce Nussbaum |
It's Time To Shelve The Rumsfeld Doctrine Denial is rampant in Washington. There is denial that intelligence mistakes were made in the months and years before September 11. There is denial that foreign policy mistakes were made in the runup to the war in Iraq. |
BusinessWeek December 29, 2003 Crock et al. |
That's One Problem Solved Saddam's capture is a big break for the U.S. -- but the road to a stable Iraq remains long and treacherous. |
BusinessWeek August 1, 2005 Stanley Reed |
Iraq: The Deadly Cost Of Excluding The Sunnis US officials have been cajoling the Iraqi leadership, which is dominated by Shiites, to bring a significant number of Sunni Muslims back into the fold to sap some of the support from the insurgency. But Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari and his colleagues are resisting. |
Salon.com September 6, 2002 Asla Aydintasbas |
The Kurdish dilemma Barham Salih, prime minister of Northern Iraq's Kurdistan regional government, talks about the recent attempt on his life, why he wants a regime change in Baghdad and what should happen in the days after Saddam is deposed. |
Salon.com June 18, 2002 Laura Miller |
Before Baghdad burns The author of a new book on Iraq cautions that a U.S. invasion to get rid of Saddam Hussein could be even more dangerous than his weapons of mass destruction. |
BusinessWeek April 26, 2004 Crock et al. |
A Most Dangerous Moment Can the U.S. restore order -- and engineer a credible transition to Iraqi sovereignty? How many troops are needed, and how many are available? |
Salon.com March 20, 2002 Hadani Ditmars |
Denis Halliday The former head of the U.N.'s humanitarian program in Iraq says an American invasion would be an international crime -- and would make the U.S. even less safe... |
BusinessWeek May 17, 2004 |
A Talk With Iraq's Finance Minister Iraqi Finance Minister reports the country is mainly stable and ready to grow, and he thinks the sooner the government becomes one of Iraq for Iraqis, the better. |
Reason March 2004 Steven Vincent |
Faith, Shame, and Insurgency After visiting Iraq, the author still supports the war -- even more so, in fact. But he is less optimistic now. |
Reason June 2006 |
Three Views on Iraq, Three Years Later In May 2003 George W. Bush declared "mission accomplished" in Iraq. A trio of analysts debates the current state of the region: Why I Supported the Iraq War... You Can't Bring Order to the Middle East... Six Facts About Iraq... |
Salon.com January 18, 2001 Vivienne Walt |
Saddam won't die Ten years after the Gulf War, the Iraqi leader is stronger than ever... |
Salon.com February 28, 2001 Fiona Morgan |
Washington sobers up on sanctions The Bush administration plans to abandon 10 years of failed Iraqi policy and instead hit Saddam where it will hurt him most: His cash-lined pockets... |
BusinessWeek October 11, 2004 Frederik Balfour |
Inside Iraq Jon Lee Anderson's "The Fall of Baghdad" has proved to be disturbingly prescient. It is a must-read for anyone trying to understand the anarchy that is now engulfing Iraq. |
BusinessWeek October 27, 2003 Stan Crock |
Iraq: A U.N. Deal Still Won't Pay The Bills Given the expected outcome in Madrid, Iraqi participants are likely to walk away disappointed -- not confident in the international community's support. And Washington will have to shoulder the burden in Iraq for much longer than the Bush team had hoped. |
Reason April 2006 Michael Young |
How Did Iraq Go Wrong? In The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq, by George Packer, liberal hawks blame incompetence but sidestep American narcissism. |
BusinessWeek February 16, 2004 Stanley Reed |
Will A Shiite Split Bring Chaos In Iraq? Huge political battles lie ahead. The trick will be to keep them from spilling into the streets. |
National Defense January 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
Complex Realities Lie Behind U.S. Rush to Train Iraqi Army It has become crystal clear that fielding a competent Iraqi Army is a tenet of the U.S. exit strategy. What is far less apparent is what exactly constitutes a competent Iraqi fighting force, and how long it will be before it can relieve American troops. |
Parameters Autumn 2008 William Mcdonough |
Time for a New Strategy The Surge Strategy proposed by George W. Bush in 2007 has accomplished the majority of its goals and now is the time to significantly reduce the US presence in Iraq. |
Parameters Autumn 2004 Bill Park |
Iraq's Kurds and Turkey: Challenges for US Policy The pieces of the jigsaw thrown up by the US-led regime change in Baghdad are yet to hit the ground, and Washington might yet have to reap what it has sown--in Kurdistan in particular. |
Salon.com September 22, 2001 Anthony York |
How big a war? Hawk Paul Wolfowitz wants the U.S. to attack Iraq. Colin Powell doesn't -- and nobody knows who has Bush's ear... |
BusinessWeek February 21, 2005 Stanley Reed |
Mosque And State: Just How Close? Iraq's new government may be more influenced by Islam than the U.S. hoped. |
BusinessWeek August 4, 2003 Stan Crock |
Iraq: After the Shootout This is one guerrilla campaign the U.S. can't afford to lose. |
Reason September 2006 Michael J. Totten |
The Kurds Go Their Own Way Can freedom flower in Iraqi Kurdistan? |
Salon.com August 3, 2002 Anthony York |
Crazy like a desert fox Saddam's plea to the U.N. is completely phony. But it could be effective. |
Salon.com December 20, 2001 Asla Aydintasbas |
The midnight ride of James Woolsey The former CIA director presents himself as the Paul Revere of the terrorism age, trying to waken America to its greatest threat -- Saddam Hussein. Should we be listening? |
Salon.com March 9, 2001 Ben Barber |
Colin Powell veers right After conservative critics chastise him for softening sanctions against Iraq, the secretary of state hardens his line... |
National Defense November 2004 Roxana Tiron |
U.S. Takes Step Back, Revisits Rebuilding Plans To recover from serious setbacks in its reconstruction plans for Iraq the United States will need a more flexible strategy. |
Reason January 2003 Mueller & Lindsey |
Should We Invade Iraq? A debate |
BusinessWeek May 24, 2004 Crock & McNamee |
How Long To "Stay The Course" In Iraq? Approval for the Bush Administration's open-ended commitment to its Iraq mission is eroding. |
National Defense October 2004 Joe Pappalardo |
U.S. Moves to Rearm Iraq The U.S. government--following an extended delay--is aggressively moving to train and equip Iraqi security forces to provide for the internal and external defense of that war torn nation. |
BusinessWeek January 31, 2005 Stanley Reed |
Iraq: After the Election, It Won't Get Easier Despite continued violence, Iraq's planned Jan. 30 election looks set to occur. It's unlikely to be either the decisive turning point the Bush Administration once hoped for or the unmitigated disaster critics predict. |
ifeminists February 11, 2003 Wendy McElroy |
Iraqi Women Brutalized by Saddam Before and after Sept. 11, politically correct feminists crusaded for Afghan women oppressed by the Taliban. By contrast, little outrage has been expressed over the treatment of Iraqi women under Saddam Hussein. |
Parameters Summer 2005 Christopher M. Ford |
Speak No Evil: Targeting a Population's Neutrality to Defeat an Insurgency Using Iraq as a model, this article seeks to examine the relationship between the people and the insurgency, with the ultimate questions being: What role does the civilian population play in the insurgency, and how can this situation be influenced to achieve success? |
Salon.com September 24, 2002 Ian Williams |
Bush to Arab world: Drop dead Driven by right-wing ideologues and his own zeal, President Bush has taken Ariel Sharon's side in the Middle East even while plotting a war with Iraq. Foreign policy experts say that's a dangerous combination. |
BusinessWeek September 22, 2003 Walczak & Crock |
Colin Powell: On Iraq, Bush, and His Job Those who gloat at the idea of Bush asking other nations to help rebuild Iraq "better not gloat too soon." There will be plenty of contracts for foreign companies "to get a piece of the action." |
Smithsonian December 2005 Andrew Cockburn |
Iraq's Resilient Minority Shaped by persecution, tribal strife and an unforgiving landscape, Iraq's Kurds have put their dream of independence on hold -- for now. |
Reason March 2002 Matt Welch |
The Politics of Dead Children Have U.S. sanctions against Iraq murdered millions? |
Salon.com October 7, 2002 Arianna Huffington |
The Iraq question nobody's asking No one in the Bush administration is talking about how many of our soldiers will be sent home in body bags. |
The Motley Fool October 30, 2010 Priyanka Banerjee |
Google Goes to Iraq A research team sees the nation lagging behind in Internet access and wants to help. |
Salon.com October 2, 2002 Robert Scheer |
The truth about American foreign policy Let's call the Bush Doctrine what it really is: Imperialism. |
Parameters Winter 2005/2006 Christopher M. Schnaubelt |
After the Fight: Interagency Operations The situation in Iraq may not be nearly as dire as some pundits and much of the media would have the American public believe, but there is certainly a long way to go. |
BusinessWeek June 21, 2004 Stanley Reed |
Waiting For The Oil To Flow Again Not only is Iraq years from achieving its potential of producing 6 million barrels a day, but it is also still struggling to achieve its prewar output of 2.5 million -- let alone the 3.5 million or so it produced before the 1979 war with Iran. |
Parameters Winter 2003/2004 James K. Wither |
British Bulldog or Bush's Poodle? Anglo-American Relations and the Iraq War There are many factors beside Blair's leadership that helped to shape the British government's role in Iraq. This article addresses these issues and places them in historical context. |
Smithsonian May 2007 Stephen J. Glain |
Welcome to Rawda Iraqi artists find freedom of expression at Rawda, a coffee house in the Al Sahin district of Damascus, Syria. |
Parameters Autumn 2007 Christopher M. Schnaubelt |
Whither the RMA? The present Department of Defense (DOD) focus on technological solutions to increase capabilities may be misguided by a vision of a high-tech Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA). |