Iraq--post-Saddam

Dove Tale by Jonathan Chait
Post date 09.02.05
A liberal Iraq hawk defends himself. Sort of.

Martial Flaw by Jonathan Cohn
Post date 09.02.05
Republicans despise Cindy Sheehan because she undermines one of their dirtiest rhetorical tricks.

Pay Role by Patrick Clawson
Post date 09.02.05
On economic reconstruction, Iraq is paying its own way. web only

Side Swipe by Spencer Ackerman
Post date 09.01.05
Is the United States about to pick favorites in a coming Iraqi civil war?

Articles of War by the Editors
Post date 09.01.05
Without Sunni support, the draft constitution will only worsen Iraqi strife.

Welcome Back Sadr by Spencer Ackerman
Post date 08.26.05
The return of the violent Shia theocrat U.S. officials assured was marginalized as a political player. web only

War Debt by the Editors
Post date 08.25.05
What do we owe Cindy Sheehan?

Zero-Sum Hour by Spencer Ackerman
Post date 08.23.05
Why Iraq's draft constitution threatens the country's long-term stability. web only

Delayed Production by Spencer Ackerman
Post date 08.18.05
The postponement of Iraq's constitution isn't the end of the world, but it won't lead to significant changes to Iraq's state of affairs. web only

It Only Looks Dead by Larry Diamond
Post date 08.17.05
Don't write the obituary for Iraq's constitution just yet. web only

Self Defeat by Spencer Ackerman
Post date 08.04.05
The antiwar movement's worst enemy? Itself. web only

Action Sequence by Lee Siegel
Post date 08.03.05
The extreme violence of "Over There" will serve the purpose of protecting us from the real violence of Iraq. web only

Constitutional Crisis by the Editors
Post date 07.28.05
We're finally turning the corner in Iraq. Unfortunately, no one knows what's around it.

Change of Address by Spencer Ackerman
Post date 07.28.05
Why Iraq's prime minister changed his rhetoric on occupation. web only

BAGHDAD DIARIST: Quiet American II by Lawrence F. Kaplan
Post date 07.26.05


Revisiting Wilson by the Editors
Post date 07.22.05
Karl Rove's defenders want to question whose credibility on Iraq's nuclear program?

JERUSALEM DISPATCH: Leading Role by Martin Peretz
Post date 07.18.05
What England and Iraq can learn from Israel. web only

NEW YORK DIARIST: Ambassadors at Large by Boris Fishman
Post date 07.12.05


Badr to Worse by Spencer Ackerman
Post date 07.11.05
When the United States had its best chance to get rid of Iraq's militias, it did little. Now they're here to stay. The history of a policy failure.

TRB: Hollow Point by Noam Scheiber
Post date 07.11.05
Democrats and moderate Republicans who backed the Iraq war keep criticizing the Bush administration for botching the reconstruction. What did they expect?

Next Time by Spencer Ackerman
Post date 07.08.05
There's reason to fear the next attacks will be worse. web only

Explain Away by Ryan Lizza
Post date 06.29.05
Last night's speech will help Bush now but hurt him later. web only

TRB: Primary Concern by Noam Scheiber
Post date 06.28.05
A majority of the public now opposes the Iraq war. So why are liberals warming to pro-war politicians?

Alternate Reality by Spencer Ackerman
Post date 06.23.05
If we hadn't invaded Iraq. web only

Help Wanted by Spencer Ackerman
Post date 06.09.05
Why the U.S. needs to be involved in drafting the Iraqi constitution. web only

IRBIL DIARIST: Iraq 101 by Ian Klaus
Post date 06.06.05


Occupational Hazard by Spencer Ackerman
Post date 06.03.05
How Iraqi politicians are getting around the sensitive subject of occupation. web only

Second Chance by Spencer Ackerman
Post date 05.19.05
Why we haven't heard the last of Iyad Allawi. web only

Next Stop by Spencer Ackerman
Post date 05.12.05
The man who stands in the way of Iraq's constitution. web only

Dear Diary by Efraim Karsh
Post date 04.19.05
Juan Cole's Iraq blog, Informed Comment, has made him a leading pundit on the Middle East, but his theories are anything but informed.

Flash Back by Jonathan D. Tepperman
Post date 04.05.05
The White House is looking at a new model for combating the Iraqi insurgency: El Salvador-style targeted killings. Trouble is, in El Salvador, most of those killed were innocent.

Matter of Policy by Spencer Ackerman
Post date 04.02.05
How the Silberman-Robb report's recommendations could backfire. web only

News Real by Lawrence F. Kaplan
Post date 03.24.05
Why journalists are reluctant to say we've turned a corner in Iraq. web only

Gender Gap by Joseph Braude
Post date 03.18.05
What President Bush, American feminists, and American Muslims haven't done for the women of the Middle East. web only

People Power by Reihan Salam
Post date 02.14.05
TNR Online's guide to the next Iraqi government. web only

Save the Date by Spencer Ackerman
Post date 02.08.05
The U.S. presence in Iraq is not pacifying the insurgency--it's making it worse. If the United States really wants to promote liberal democracy in Baghdad, it should negotiate a withdrawal with the new parliament quickly so the Iraqi government can show Sunnis that electoral politics, not terrorism, ended the occupation.

Staying Power by Victor Davis Hanson
Post date 02.08.05
A U.S. withdrawal from Iraq would prevent democracy from forming there--and elsewhere.

Wrong Way by the Editors
Post date 02.03.05
The United States shouldn't pull out of Iraq until Iraqi security forces are equipped to step in.

Paper Over by Joseph Braude
Post date 02.02.05
How Arab newspapers spun the Iraqi election. web only

Future Tense by Gregg Easterbrook
Post date 01.31.05
Baghdad, January 30, 2015. web only

First Ballot by Spencer Ackerman
Post date 01.31.05
In Maryland yesterday, the hopes and enthusiasms of Iraqi voters were on proud display. But so were signs of the difficulties to come. web only

SULAYMANIYA DISPATCH: Northern Aggression by Annia Ciezadlo
Post date 01.28.05
Kurdistan is a model for Iraq. Just not the kind you think.

The Last Casualty by Lawrence F. Kaplan
Post date 01.27.05
On January 30, Iraq will hold elections touted by the White House as democratic progress. But liberal democracy demands liberals to sustain it--and, in Iraq, they have been completely marginalized.

On Deadline by the Editors
Post date 01.14.05
In an ideal world, Iraq would not be holding elections on January 30. In the real world, it must.

Ought and Is by the Editors
Post date 12.17.04
The message from Rabat, Morocco.

TRB: Lesson Plan by Peter Beinart
Post date 12.16.04
What liberals should not learn from Iraq.

Bright Side by Andrew Sullivan
Post date 12.07.04
The case for (cautious, qualified, hesitant) optimism on Iraq. web only

WASHINGTON DIARIST: Quote Unquote by Leon Wieseltier
Post date 10.26.04
A response to Joan Didion.

Responsible Use by Lawrence F. Kaplan
Post date 10.22.04
Disillusioned hawks blame Bush for Iraq. But they too are responsible. web only

Slam Dunk by the Editors
Post date 10.16.04
The Duelfer report is the final blow to the White House's WMD rationale for the Iraq war--and maybe to the doctrine of preemption itself.

TRB: Past Imperfect by Peter Beinart
Post date 10.07.04
Conservatives say John Kerry doesn't have any great ideas for Iraq. What they don't say is that it's George W. Bush's fault.

Twin Pique by Spencer Ackerman
Post date 10.06.04
Last night Cheney made two strikingly dishonest statements about Iraq. web only

TRB: Speech Impediment by Peter Beinart
Post date 10.01.04
President Bush's latest bid to shut down debate on Iraq.

Fuzzy Math by Spencer Ackerman
Post date 10.01.04
The Iraqi troop numbers Bush used last night were simply not accurate. web only

More of the Same by John B. Judis
Post date 10.01.04
Neither Bush nor Kerry offered realistic plans for Iraq last night. web only

Fool Me Once by the Editors
Post date 09.24.04
Bush's portrayal of the situation in Iraq isn't just spin. It's lies.

Official Version by Spencer Ackerman
Post date 09.23.04
Allawi's own security officials contradict his rosy picture of Iraq. web only

Reality Check by Andrew Sullivan
Post date 09.21.04
Yesterday Kerry showed how he could win on Iraq. web only

Freedom Core by Gregg Easterbrook
Post date 09.13.04
The problem with James Fallows's latest Atlantic piece. web only

Vision Impaired by Spencer Ackerman
Post date 08.20.04
President Bush has enlisted Tommy Franks to remind voters of America's triumphs in Afghanistan and Iraq. But Franks bears responsibility for America's failures there.

TRB: Touch of Gray by Peter Beinart
Post date 08.19.04
Think Bush doesn't give in to terrorists? Look at Falluja and Najaf.

Emergency Exit by the Editors
Post date 08.19.04
John Kerry's wrong turn on Iraq.

FRAMINGHAM DIARIST: Old School by Brian Hindo
Post date 08.18.04
A Baghdad College High School reunion.

Tough Guys by Robert Lane Greene
Post date 07.20.04
Iyad Allawi is the Vladimir Putin of Iraq. But is that a bad thing? web only

Wrong Man by Eli J. Lake
Post date 07.14.04
Why Iyad Allawi could ruin Iraq. web only

BAGHDAD DISPATCH: End of Days by Lawrence F. Kaplan
Post date 07.06.04
A tour of the Coalition Provisional Authority in the last days of U.S. rule in Iraq.

TRB: Blowback by Peter Beinart
Post date 07.05.04
For more than a year, the Bushies have been linking Iraq and terrorism. Now that linkage could cost Bush the election.

Sweet Surrender by Gregg Easterbrook
Post date 07.05.04
An overlooked reason the fighting in Iraq continues. web only

Down Underestimate by Alan Wirzbicki
Post date 06.29.04
Bush officials threatened Australian voters. But their bullying will backfire. web only

Be Like Mike by Andrew Sullivan
Post date 06.29.04
William Raspberry's illogical defense of Michael Moore's illogic. web only

Heat Transfer by Spencer Ackerman
Post date 06.28.04
An early, secretive transfer of power was a fitting end to our botched occupation of Iraq. Will our replacements fare any better than we have? web only

Back in the USSR by Anne Applebaum
Post date 06.25.04
Why Iraq isn't like the cold war.

Mourning After by Kenneth Pollack
Post date 06.25.04
How they screwed it up.

Like It's 1999 by Fareed Zakaria
Post date 06.23.04
How not to build a nation.

Best Intentions by Fouad Ajami
Post date 06.22.04
A noble, frustrating war.

What Remains by Leon Wieseltier
Post date 06.21.04
Disillusion and its limits.

Hard Truth by John McCain
Post date 06.21.04
Why I have no regrets.

Were We Wrong? by the Editors
Post date 06.18.04
The case for war, revisited.

Fires Next Time by Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Post date 06.18.04
Will my party learn the wrong lessons?

History Lesson by Martin Peretz
Post date 06.18.04
Learning from Iraq's awful past.

People Power by Thomas L. Friedman
Post date 06.17.04
What we can still achieve.

Silence and Cruelty by Paul Berman
Post date 06.17.04
How to hate Saddam and despise Bush.

TRB: Partisan Review by Peter Beinart
Post date 06.17.04
Why I was too bipartisan about Iraq.

Silent Majority by Michael Rubin
Post date 06.02.04
To win in Iraq, America must get out of the Iraqis' way.

WASHINGTON DIARIST: Tough by Leon Wieseltier
Post date 06.02.04
What is compassion, if not an exercise in moral equivalence?

Stop Talking by Victor Davis Hanson
Post date 06.01.04
To win in Iraq, America must think war first, politics second.

TRB: Minority Report by Peter Beinart
Post date 05.31.04
Advocates of withdrawal say the Iraq occupation is immoral. Tell that to the Kurds.

Lowered Vision by Zbigniew Brzezinski
Post date 05.28.04
To win in Iraq, America must redefine what winning means.

Key to Success by Wesley K. Clark
Post date 05.28.04
To win in Iraq, America must recognize what its military can't do.

Fail Proof by Daniel W. Drezner
Post date 05.27.04
How most Americans will explain Iraq, and why they'll be wrong. web only

Job Won by Hassan Fattah
Post date 05.27.04
To win in Iraq, America must put Iraqis to work.

Paperback Writer by Alan Wirzbicki
Post date 05.26.04
Anthony Zinni lambastes Bush and gets showered with attention. But it's the views of his co-author, Tom Clancy, that shed light on where U.S. politics may be headed. web only

Power Brake by Spencer Ackerman
Post date 05.25.04
When he speaks, Bush touts Iraq's coming sovereignty. When he acts, he defines sovereignty down. It's a formula for disaster. web only

Picture Frame by Andrew Sullivan
Post date 05.25.04
Susan Sontag misinterprets the Abu Ghraib photos. web only

Dissonance by the Editors
Post date 05.20.04
The impact of images of the Iraq war upon ideas of the Iraq war.

Man on the Moon by Spencer Ackerman
Post date 05.20.04
Shaping the new U.S. embassy's role in Iraq. web only

Whatever It Takes by Gregg Easterbrook
Post date 05.17.04
Overlooked: the Saddam factor in the prison abuse scandal. web only

Gut Check by the Editors
Post date 05.13.04
What John Kerry should say about Iraq.

TRB: All Too Human by Peter Beinart
Post date 05.13.04
How to talk about human rights, and America, after Abu Ghraib.

BAGHDAD DISPATCH: Cowboy Up by Joshua Hammer
Post date 05.13.04
The uneasy relationship between contractors and soldiers in Iraq.

Taguba Retort by Alan Wirzbicki
Post date 05.12.04
Antonio Taguba made a convincing case yesterday against the administration's "bad apple" theory. The problem for Bush? Republican senators did, too. web only

Generalist by Harold Braswell
Post date 05.11.04
Why John Abizaid should address Iraqis directly. web only

That's the Ticket by Andrew Sullivan
Post date 05.11.04
After Abu Ghraib, a Kerry-McCain ticket makes more sense than ever. web only

Shock and Awe by Alan Wirzbicki
Post date 05.10.04
Senators blame Defense for Abu Ghraib. But they, too, are culpable. web only

TRB: You're Fired by Peter Beinart
Post date 05.07.04
After Abu Ghraib, Donald Rumsfeld must go.

Blame Worthy by Lawrence F. Kaplan
Post date 05.07.04
John Kerry's Abu Ghraib problem, and ours. web only

A Sorry State by Chris Strohm
Post date 05.06.04
Who will apologize for Abu Ghraib? And who won't? We rank the apologies, the non-apologies, and the apologies for the non-apologies. web only

Open Secrets by the Editors
Post date 05.06.04
There's only one way to contain the damage from Abu Ghraib. Throw open U.S. prisons to the eyes of the world.

No Rush by Alan Wirzbicki
Post date 05.06.04
Will conservatives condemn Limbaugh's Abu Ghraib comments? web only

TRB: Two Countries by Peter Beinart
Post date 05.05.04
The America at war and the America at peace.

To a Fault by Michael Crowley
Post date 05.04.04
Richard Lugar is a good senator--and a wimp on Iraq. web only

The U.N.'s Revenge by the Editors
Post date 04.30.04
Why Lakhdar Brahimi is the Bush administration's fault.

Show Room by Alan Wirzbicki
Post date 04.29.04
The Pentagon's rationale for censoring casket photos doesn't hold up. web only

Up Is Down by Daniel W. Drezner
Post date 04.28.04
Why failure in Iraq could be good for Bush and bad for Kerry. web only

BAGHDAD DISPATCH: Exit Poll by Michael Rubin
Post date 04.27.04
The U.N.'s new election plan may bring democracy to Iraq--just not liberal democracy.

CAMBRIDGE DIARIST: Anniversaries by Martin Peretz
Post date 04.23.04


DEARBORN DIARIST: Exiled by Jonathan Cohn
Post date 04.21.04


Quitters by Andrew Sullivan
Post date 04.20.04
Conservatives begin backing away from Iraq. web only

AL AMARAH DISPATCH: Bad Neighbor by Michael Rubin
Post date 04.19.04
Behind Moqtada Al Sadr's uprising is a powerful force that has been rallying Shia against the United States for more than a year now: Iran.

TRB: Of Little Faith by Peter Beinart
Post date 04.16.04
The right's new line on Iraq: Blame the Iraqis.

NAJAF DISPATCH: Preoccupied by Joshua Hammer
Post date 04.16.04
How the United States built up Moqtada Al Sadr and lost the Shia.

On Our Own by Robert Lane Greene
Post date 04.14.04
Iraq needs more U.S. forces--and fewer troops from everywhere else. web only

ONLINE DISPATCH: Test of Loyalty by Tim Luckhurst
Post date 04.12.04
Why Blair still stands by Bush, even as dissent in Britain grows. web only

ONLINE DISPATCH: Split Shift by Soner Cagaptay
Post date 04.09.04
Why the mess in central and southern Iraq will widen a split in the Kurdish north. web only

Abominations by Martin Peretz
Post date 04.05.04
The bloodlust of terrorists, in Iraq, in Spain, and in Israel. web only

See No Evil by Adam B. Kushner
Post date 04.02.04
The media's shameful decision to hide the worst of Fallujah. web only

Cornered by Daniel W. Drezner
Post date 03.31.04
Divide foreign-policy thought into four quadrants. Note Bush and Kerry's positions. Account for the hidden influence of the other two squares. Now pick your candidate. Choose wisely. web only

Break Through by Jacob T. Levy
Post date 03.17.04
Critics decry Iraq's provisional constitution for decentralizing power. But that's exactly what the country needs. web only

Campaign of Terror by Robert Lane Greene
Post date 03.15.04
Did Al Qaeda win its first election in Spain yesterday? Only if the incoming Socialist government allows it to. web only

Tough Shiite by the Editors
Post date 03.11.04
Does Iraq's provisional constitution lay the foundation for civil war?

Devious Plot by Lawrence F. Kaplan
Post date 03.10.04
Tim Robbins's new play about neoconservatism is a poisonous, production-length conspiracy theory. web only

Expensive Habit
Post date 02.26.04


TIKRIT DISPATCH: Uncivil Military by Joshua Hammer
Post date 02.24.04
Why can't the soldiers and civilians running the Iraq occupation get along?

Power Failure by the Editors
Post date 02.19.04
The problem with President Bush's new Iraq commission isn't its membership. It's its authority.

Attention Deficit by Andrew Sullivan
Post date 02.09.04
On "Meet the Press," Bush was alarmingly clueless about fiscal policy. web only

Kay Sera by the Editors
Post date 02.06.04
David Kay is right that there was an Iraq intelligence failure. He's just wrong to let the White House off the hook.

BASRA DISPATCH: Union Jacked by Hassan Fattah
Post date 02.05.04
British-occupied Basra used to be considered a model occupation. Now it is getting as bad as Baghdad.

Panic Room by the Editors
Post date 02.04.04
Is the Bush administration choosing a Republican future in Washington over a democratic future in Iraq?

Micromanaging by Robert Lane Greene
Post date 01.27.04
Microcredit may be America's best hope for reviving the Iraqi economy. web only

Crash Course by Spencer Ackerman
Post date 01.21.04
Bush says he wants a speedy withdrawal of troops from Iraq and the establishment of democracy. But he can't have both. web only

Not in My Book by Spencer Ackerman
Post date 01.14.04
News accounts have suggested that the new Ron Suskind/Paul O'Neill book proves the administration wanted to invade Iraq from day one. But that's not really true. web only

Transparent Move by Daniel W. Drezner
Post date 01.07.04
Pushing democracy in Pakistan seems risky--until you consider the alternatives. web only

Shoot to Ill by Daniel Silverberg
Post date 12.31.03
Non-lethal weapons would make our job in Iraq a lot easier. So why aren't we using them? web only

Unpunishable by Samantha Power
Post date 12.26.03
How to try Saddam Hussein.

Saddam's Trial by Anne-Marie Slaughter & Ruth Wedgwood
Post date 12.17.03
Anne-Marie Slaughter v. Ruth Wedgwood web only

Work Related by Afshin Molavi
Post date 12.16.03
Saddam's capture is a start. But the real way to win over Iraqis is with jobs. web only

Exam Period by Ryan Lizza
Post date 12.15.03
It's unclear if Saddam's capture helps or hurts Dean. What it does do is test him. web only

Double Edged by Tim Luckhurst
Post date 12.15.03
For Tony Blair, Saddam's capture creates as many problems as it solves. web only

Speech Impediment by Clay Risen
Post date 12.15.03
Will Howard Dean's supporters prevent him from moving rightward on foreign policy? web only

Hard to Reconcile by Spencer Ackerman
Post date 12.14.03
The president says Saddam's capture will bring unity to Iraq. Not so fast. web only