US Policy::Articles

Iraq's Uncertain Future: Elections and Beyond
International Crisis Group - February, 2010
As a rule, Iraq's post-Saddam elections have tended to magnify pre-existing negative trends. The parliamentary polls to be held on 7 March are no exception. The focus on electoral politics is good, no doubt, but the run-up has highlighted deep-seated problems that threaten the fragile recovery: recurring election-related violence; ethnic tensions over Kirkuk; the re-emergence of sectarianism; and blatant political manipulation of state institutions.
Shi'i Politics: Preparing for Victory and for the Next Battle
Marina Ottaway & Danial Kaysi
Carnegie Endowment - February, 2010
Because of the deep divisions among the likely winners in the elections, the Shi'i parties, the March 7 elections will just be the first step in determining the distribution of power in the Iraqi political system in the next phase. The post-election period, in which alliances and parties within them will have to reconsider their options and regroup in view of voting results that will not be decisive, is likely to become as important as the elections themselves for the future of Iraq.
How Washington Can Really Help the Greens in Tehran
Trita Parsi
Foreign Policy - February, 2010
But between the extremes of doing nothing and doing everything, there is a middle ground: providing the Iranian pro-democracy movement with breathing space, rather than engaging in risky and imprecise exercises that would directly involve America as an actor on the Iranian scene. The United States can achieve this through a few simple steps.
Blacklisted in Baghdad
Reidar Visser
Foreign Affairs - February, 2010
What the United States must provide, then, is not an overhaul of Iraq's political system but a sign of hope and attention for all those who have been intimidated by Lami and his commission. But this message must not reproduce the kind of divisive logic favored by Iran but transcend it -- in other words, the Obama administration must create a break from Iraq's post-2003 system of government.
Obama and Human Rights in the Middle East: Suggestions for Act Two
Joe Stork
Arab Reform Bulletin - January, 2010
What would it entail if the president and his administration, heading into its second year, became serious about translating Obama's words on human rights into action? The most far-reaching and important thing the president can do is ensure that the United States fulfills its obligations under international law, including the Geneva Conventions and the Convention Against Torture, to investigate and prosecute those U.S. officials responsible for ordering and implementing torture of detainees in U.S. custody.
The Settlement Freeze That Isn't
Gershom Gorenberg
The American Prospect - December, 2009
The settlers' response might give the impression that Netanyahu is serious about the freeze, that he has moved toward the center, that he has accepted the need to compromise on the West Bank's future. Impressions can be misleading. Netanyahu remains what he was in his first term as prime minister in the 1990s -- an ideologue, but a weak-kneed one. Under U.S. pressure, he makes concessions that are sufficient to incense his right-wing allies but never enough to allow progress toward peace.
Negotiating with Iran: Reflections from Personal Experience
James Dobbins
The Washington Quarterly - December, 2009
As the United States conducts bilateral and multiparty negotiations with Iran, it is worth recalling the last, and perhaps only, occasion when the U.S. and revolutionary Iranian governments cooperated closely and effectively. It was almost eight years ago, immediately after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Anatomy of a Nuclear Breakthrough Gone Backwards
Farideh Farhi
MERIP Middle East Report - December, 2009
After Abu Mazin? Letting the Scales Fall From Our Eyes
Nathan Brown
Carnegie Endowment - November, 2009
Obama Fails in Middle East
Robert Dreyfuss
The Nation - November, 2009
Pragmatists in Tehran
Hillary Mann Leverett
Foreign Policy - October, 2009
Iran: The Revenge
Anonymous
New York Review of Books - October, 2009
Iraq on the Edge
Joost Hilterman
New York Review of Books - October, 2009
Talking With Tehran
Robert Dreyfuss
The Nation - October, 2009
Palestinian Support Wanes for American-Trained Forces
Charles Levinson
Wall Street Journal - October, 2009
The Latest Blow to Palestinian Unity Efforts
Daniel Levy
Prospects for Peace - October, 2009
Israel & Palestine: Can They Start Over?
Hussein Agha, Robert Malley
New York Review of Books - October, 2009
In Evin Prison
Claire Messud
New York Review of Books - October, 2009
Inside the 2010 Iraqi Elections
Carnegie Endowment - October, 2009
Iran, the United States, and the Gulf: The Elusive Regional Policy
Marina Ottaway
Carnegie Endowment - October, 2009
Interview: The Iranian Regime Is Now More Vulnerable Than Ever Before
Karim Sadjadpour
Carnegie Endowment - October, 2009
Palestine: Salvaging Fatah
International Crisis Group - October, 2009
Diplomacy and Iran May Yet Have Potential to Break Out
Tony Karon
The National - October, 2009
A Precarious Peace in Northern Iraq
Quil Lawrence
MERIP Middle East Report - October, 2009
US Strategy in Iran Talks
Robert Dreyfuss
The Nation - September, 2009
Keeping Iran Honest
Scott Ritter
The Guardian - September, 2009
Iraq's New Battlefront: The Struggle over Ninewa
International Crisis Group - September, 2009
How to Press the Advantage With Iran
Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett
New York Times - September, 2009
How to Keep Iran in Check Without War
Gary Sick
The Daily Beast - September, 2009
Little Progress from the Trilateral Meeting
Interview with Nathan Brown
Carnegie Endowment - September, 2009
More Than Just a Photo-Op
Daniel Levy
Prospects for Peace - September, 2009
Making Big Money on Iraq
Pete W. Moore
MERIP Middle East Report - September, 2009
Ahmadinejad's Nuclear Folly
Farideh Farhi
MERIP Middle East Report - September, 2009
EU Sources: Terms Set for Renewal of Israel-PA Talks
Akiva Eldar
Haaretz - September, 2009
Talks on Nuclear Issue Unlikely with 'Unsettled' Iran
Ray Takeyh
Council on Foreign Relations - September, 2009
Two More Years for Two States?
David Halperin
Israel Policy Forum - August, 2009
After Sadr-Badr Compromise in Tehran, the Iraqi National Alliance (INA) Is Declared
Reidar Visser
historiae.org - August, 2009
Egypt's Next Strongman
Issandr Amrani
Foreign Policy - August, 2009
Obama's America Is Not Delivering the Goods
Gideon Levy
War in Context - August, 2009
Withdrawing from Iraq: Alternative Schedules, Associated Risks, and Mitigating Strategies
Rand Corporation - August, 2009
A Settlement Freeze . . . Or More of the Same?
Geoffrey Aronson
Foundation for Middle East Peace Settlement Report - July, 2009
Make Them Wait: The Case for a Tactical Pause with Iran
Trita Parsi
Foreign Policy - July, 2009
The Making of an Iran Policy
Roger Cohen
New York Times - July, 2009
22 July 2009: Uneasy Anniversary for Iraq's Inter-Sectarian Opposition Front
Reidar Visser
historiae.org - July, 2009
Israel's Religious Right and the Question of Settlements
International Crisis Group - July, 2009
Iran: The Tragedy & the Future
Roger Cohen
New York Review of Books - July, 2009
The UNSC's Responsibility for Middle East Peace
Henry Siegman
US Middle East Project - July, 2009
Patience with Iran
The Nation
Robert Dreyfuss - July, 2009
Withdrawal from Iraq: What are the Regional Implications?
Middle East Policy Council - July, 2009
Window of Opportunity for a Two-State Solution
Brian Katulis, Marc Lynch, Robert C. Adler
Center for American Progress - July, 2009
Iraq and the Kurds: Trouble Along The Trigger Line
International Crisis Group - July, 2009
Biden, US Policy in Iraq and the Concept of Muhasasa
Reidar Visser
historiae.org - July, 2009
Settlement Freeze Redux
Geoffrey Aronson
Foundation for Middle East Peace - June, 2009
Tehran, June 2009
Kaveh Ehsani, Arang Keshavarzian and Norma Claire Moruzzi
MERIP Middle East Report - June, 2009
Democracy Promotion in the Middle East: Restoring Credibility
Marina Ottaway
Carnegie Endowment - June, 2009
How Not to Support Democracy in the Middle East
Stephen Zunes
Foreign Policy in Focus - June, 2009
10 Comments on Obama in Cairo: Still Accumulating, Not Expending Capital
Daniel Levy
Prospects for Peace - June, 2009
Changing the Discourse: First Step toward Changing the Policy?
Phyllis Bennis
Foreign Policy in Focus - June, 2009
U.S.-Iranian Engagement: The View from Tehran
International Crisis Group - June, 2009
Disputed Territories in Iraq: The Practical Argument against Self-Determination in Kirkuk
Reidar Visser
historiae.org - May, 2009
Dangerous But Not Omnipotent: Exploring the Reach and Limitations of Iranian Power in the Middle East
Frederic Wehrey, David E. Thaler, Nora Bensahel et al
Rand Corp - May, 2009
Visions of the Endgame: A Strategy to Bring the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Swiftly to an End
Tony Klug
Oxford Research Group - May, 2009
Interview: Core Differences Remain After Netanyahu-Obama Meeting
Steven A. Cook
Council on Foreign Relations - May, 2009
Here's How Israel Would Destroy Iran's Nuclear Program
Reuven Pedatzur
Haaretz - May, 2009
Obama and the Middle East
Hussein Agha and Robert Malley
New York Review of Books - May, 2009
Misreading the Map: The Road to Jerusalem Does Not Lead Through Tehran
Leon Hadar
Foreign Affairs - May, 2009
Martyrdom's Strategy: Suicide Bombers Target Obama's Withdrawal Plan
Steve Niva
Foreign Policy in Focus - May, 2009
Nuclear Issue Unites Conservatives and Reformists
Geneive Abdo
Iran Election Bulletin - April, 2009
Potential Traps for George Mitchell
Daniel Levy
Prospects for Peace - April, 2009
How Soon Is Safe? Iraqi Force Development and "Conditions-Based" US Withdrawals
Anthony Cordesman and Adam Mausner
Center for Strategic and International Studies - April, 2009
The Reawakened Specter of Iraqi Civil War
Michael Wahid Hanna
MERIP Middle East Report - April, 2009
The Gathering Storm
Nir Rosen
The National - April, 2009
Path to Peace Needs New Realism on All Sides
Helena Cobban
IPS News - March, 2009
More than "Shiites" and "Sunnis": A Post-sectarian Strategy for Iraq
Iraqi Policy Specialists
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) - March, 2009
A Last Chance for a Two-State Israel-Palestine Agreement
US Middle East Project - March, 2009
Iran's Role in Post-Occupation Iraq: Enemy, Good Neighbor, or Overlord?
Reidar Visser
Century Foundation - March, 2009
America's Intelligence Assessment on the Iranian Nuclear Issue
Ephraim Kam
Mideast Peace Pulse - March, 2009
Obama's Overtures to Iran
Daniel Brumberg
Washington Post - March, 2009
On Khamenei's Response to Obama
Farideh Farhi
Informed Comment Global Affairs - March, 2009
Obama's Middle East Moment of Truth
Gary Kamiya
Salon Magazine - March, 2009
Can the Two-State Solution be Salvaged?
Middle East Policy Council - March, 2009
Re-Imagining the Lebanon Track: Toward a New U.S. Policy
Nicholas Noe
Century Foundation - March, 2009
Is the Two-State Solution Viable after Gaza?
Michael Walzer
Dissent - March, 2009
Middle East Peacemaking Has Failed
Nathan Brown
Foreign Policy - March, 2009
We're Really Leaving Iraq
Juan Cole
Salon - March, 2009
Democracy Promotion in the Middle East and the Obama Administration
Brian Katulis
Century Foundation - February, 2009
Repairing American Public Diplomacy
William Rugh
Arab Media and Society - February, 2009
America and Israel: Will the Relationship Change? Yes it Can
The Economist - February, 2009
Engaging Syria? U.S. Constraints and Opportunities
International Crisis Group - February, 2009
Despite Paralysis in Israeli Politics, U.S. Peace Efforts Crucial
Daniel Kurzer
Council on Foreign Relations - February, 2009
Mitchell's Shocking Failure!
Marc Lynch
Foreign Policy - February, 2009
President Obama, the United States and the Middle East
Daniel Levy
Prospects for Peace - February, 2009
Hamas is a Mideast Reality
Fawaz Gerges
Los Angeles Times - January, 2009
No Magic Required
Daniel Levy
Prospects for Peace - January, 2009
Obama Taking Hands-On Approach to Mideast
Helena Cobban
IPS - January, 2009
A Litmus Test for Iraq
Reidar Visser
MERIP - Middle East Report - January, 2009
The Continuity of Obama's Change
Mouin Rabbani and Chris Toensing
Middle East Report OnLine - January, 2009
Iraq's Provincial Elections: The Stakes
International Crisis Group - January, 2009
Can George Mitchell Astound the Skeptics, Again?
Daniel Levy
Huffington Post - January, 2009
Is Mitchell Up to the Task?
Stephen Zunes
Foreign Policy in Focus - January, 2009
Pointers for the Obama Administration in the Middle East: Avoiding Myths and Vain Hopes
Nathan Brown
Carnegie Endowment - January, 2009
Basra, the Failed Gulf State, Part II: Wail Abd al-Latif Concedes Defeat
Reidar Visser
historiae.org - January, 2009
How to Deal with Iran
William Luers, Thomas R. Pickering, Jim Walsh
New York Review of Books - January, 2009
Engaging Syria? Lessons from the French Experience
International Crisis Group - January, 2009
Memo to Obama: Leave 'War on Terror' Behind and Talk to Hamas and Taliban
Olivier Roy
New Perspectives Quarterly - January, 2009
Briefing Book: How to Get Out of Iraq
Marc Lynch
Foreign Policy - January, 2009
After Pharaoh
Issandr Amrani
Foreign Policy - January, 2009
The Gaza War: Antecedents and Consequences
Augustus Richard Norton and Sara Roy
Real Instituto Elcano - January, 2009
Once More Into the Breach
Ussama Makdisi
MERIP Interventions - January, 2009
The Anbar Awakening: An Alliance of Incentives
John A. McCary
The Washington Quarterly - January, 2009
Beyond Iraq: A New U.S. Strategy for the Middle East
Richard N. Haass and Martin Indyk
Foreign Affairs - December, 2008
Review: Presumed Innocent: Lessons of the Past for the New Middle East
L. Carl Brown
Foreign Affairs - December, 2008
Iraq in the Obama Administration
US Institute of Peace - December, 2008
The Basra Federalism Initiative Enters Stage Two
Reidar Visser
historiae.org - December, 2008
The Quality of Justice: Failings of Iraq's Central Criminal Court
Human Rights Watch - December, 2008
The Baby, the Bathwater, and the Freedom Agenda in the Middle East
Michele Dunne
Washington Quarterly - December, 2008
America Concedes
Patrick Cockburn
London Review of Books - December, 2008
Evaluating Iraq's Provincial Reconstruction Teams While Drawdown Looms
USIP - December, 2008
Palestinian Presidential Follies
Gershom Gorenberg
The American Prospect - December, 2008
Obama's Middle East Policy: What the Arab World Expects
Amr Hamzawy, Farah Choucair
Carnegie Endowment - December, 2008
Restoring the Balance: A Middle East Strategy for the Next President
Brookings Institution - December, 2008
Songs for the Mahdi Army
Nir Rosen
Mother Jones - December, 2008
A Tipping Point Realized? Nuclear Proliferation in the Persian Gulf and Middle East
James A. Russell
Contemporary Security Policy - December, 2008
The 'Demand-Side': Avoiding a Nuclear-Armed Iran
Bradley L. Bowman
Council on Foreign Relations - December, 2008
Iraq's Displaced: Where to Turn?
Roberta Cohen
Brookings - November, 2008
The "Withdrawal Treaty" Is Passed
Reidar Visser
historiae.org - November, 2008
Middle East Priorities For Jan. 21
Brent Scowcroft and Zbigniew Brzezinski
Washington Post - November, 2008
Nuclear Overreaction
F Gregory Gause
The National - November, 2008
Imagining the Next Occupation
Jason Brownlee
MERIP - Middle East Report - November, 2008
Editorial - Shrinking Capital: The US in the Middle East
MERIP - Middle East Report - November, 2008
Iranian Imbroglios Revisited
Nikki Keddie
World Policy Journal - November, 2008
President-elect Obama and the Prospects for Israeli-Palestinian Peace
Ali Abunimah
Electronic Intifada - November, 2008
Syria Seeks Change: On Its Own Terms
Bilal Y. Saab
Brookings - November, 2008
Book Review: Iraq: Before & After, and Now
Joshua Hammer
New York Review of Books - November, 2008
Four Crises on Obama's Horizon
Daniel Levy
Prospects for Peace - November, 2008
Turkey and Iraqi Kurds: Conflict or Cooperation?
International Crisis Group - November, 2008
Review: 'The Much Too Promised Land'
Benjamin Tua
Foreign Policy in Focus - November, 2008
Can Cairo Reassemble Palestine?
Nathan Brown
Carnegie Endowment - November, 2008
October Report to Congress on Iraq
Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction
- October, 2008
Status of Forces Agreement between US and Iraq (latest)
Raed Jarrar, trans.
AFSC - October, 2008
Iran: Is Productive Engagement Possible?
Karim Sadjadpour
Carnegie Endowment - October, 2008
Collateral Damage: Reporting the War in Iraq (Book Review)
Chris Toensing
The Nation - October, 2008
Israel Gets Real on Iran
Trita Parsi
Rootless Cosmopolitan - October, 2008
Understanding the U.S.- Iran Crisis
Phyllis Bennis
Foreign Policy in Focus - October, 2008
Time for a U.S.-Iranian 'Grand Bargain'
Flynt Leverett
New America Foundation - October, 2008
How to Leave a Stable Iraq
Stephen Biddle, Michael E. O'Hanlon, and Kenneth M. Pollack
Foreign Affairs - October, 2008
The Latter-Day Sultan: Power and Politics in Iran
Akbar Ganji
Foreign Affairs - October, 2008
The United States and Iraq: Still Getting it Wrong
Reidar Visser
Open Democracy - October, 2008
Political Situation in Iraq is 'A House of Cards'
Interview with Marc Lynch
Council on Foreign Relations - October, 2008
Is This a 'Victory'?
Peter Galbraith
New York Review of Books - October, 2008
Review: The Making of Recent U.S. Middle East Policies
Bill and Kathleen Christison
Counter Punch - September, 2008
No Friends but the Kurds? The Biden Problem in Democratic Iraq Policy
Reidar Visser
historiae.org - September, 2008
Iraq's Nouri Maliki breaking free of U.S.
Ned Parker
Los Angeles Times - September, 2008
IAEA Report on Iran's Nuclear Program
International Atomic Energy Agency - September, 2008
The Future of the U.S. Military Presence in Iraq
Julie Montgomery
US Institute of Peace - September, 2008
Reconciliation Strategies in Iraq
David Steele
US Institute of Peace - September, 2008
9/11 Plus Seven
Andrew J. Bacevich
Tom Dispatch - September, 2008
Book Review: Outside the Green Zone, the Human Dimension
Lee Hamilton
New York Times - September, 2008
Iraq's Political Transition after the Surge
Brian Katulis, Marc Lynch, and Peter Juul
Center for American Progress - September, 2008
Iraq: What to Watch for Now
Phebe Marr
Arab Reform Bulletin, Carnegie Endowment - September, 2008
Official American Sadism
Anthony Lewis
New York Review of Books - September, 2008
The United States and Libya: Where Do We Go From Here?
Michele Dunne
Carnegie Endowment - September, 2008
Draft US - Iraq Status of Forces Agreement
Raed Jarrar, translator
AFSC - September, 2008
How to Leave a Stable Iraq
Stephen Biddle, Michael E. O'Hanlon, and Kenneth M. Pollack
Foreign Affairs - August, 2008
Canceling Iraq's Blank Check
Colin H. Kahl, John A. Nagl, Shawn Brimley
Foreign Policy Magazine - August, 2008
Big Three Block Iran Attack
William O. Beeman
Foreign Policy in Focus - August, 2008
Can Military Strikes Destroy Iran's Gas Centrifuge Program? Probably Not
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Jacqueline Shire
Institute for Science and International Security - August, 2008
The Iranian Chess Game Continues
William O. Beeman
Foreign Policy in Focus - August, 2008
The Devastation of Iraq's Past
Hugh Eakin
New York Review of Books - August, 2008
The Conundrum of Iran: Strengthening Moderates without Acquiescing to Belligerence
John Brennan
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science - July, 2008
Moving Beyond the Carter Doctrine: The U.S. Military Presence in the Persian Gulf
Lawrence Korb
The Century Foundation - July, 2008
Playing Games with Iran
William O. Beeman
Foreign Policy in Focus - July, 2008
The New Arab Diplomacy: Not With the U.S. and Not Against the U.S.
Marina Ottawa, Mohammed Herzallah
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - July, 2008
The Iraq War: Key Trends and Developments
Anthony Cordesman
Center for Strategic and International Studies - July, 2008
Still No Clear Path for Integrating 'Sons of Iraq' into Iraqi Government
Michael Hanna
World Politics Review - July, 2008
Preparing the Battlefield
Seymour Hersh
The New Yorker - July, 2008
Embedded in Iraq
Michael Massing
New York Review of Books - July, 2008
Iran: The Threat
Thomas Powers
New York Review of Books - July, 2008
Democratization and Its Discontents: Should America Push Political Reform in the Middle East?
Eva Bellin
Foreign Affairs - June, 2008
When to Leave Iraq: Today, Tomorrow or Yesterday?
Colin H. Kahl and William E. Odom
Foreign Affairs - June, 2008
Quickly, Carefully, and Generously: The Necessary Steps for a Responsible Withdrawal from Iraq
Commonwealth Institute
Taskforce for a Responsible Withdrawal from Iraq - June, 2008
Democracy Promotion in the Middle East: Restoring Credibility
Marina Ottaway
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - June, 2008
Sunset for the Two-State Solution?
Nathan Brown
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - May, 2008
The Roadmap Revisited
Naomi Chazan
Bitter Lemons - May, 2008
A Roadmap to Nowhere
Joharah Baker
Bitter Lemons - May, 2008
Selling the War with Iran
Nir Rosen
The Washington Note - May, 2008
Iraq After the Surge I: The New Sunni Landscape
International Crisis Group - April, 2008
Iraq after the Surge II: The Need for a New Political Strategy
International Crisis Group - April, 2008
The New Walls of Baghdad
Steve Niva
Foreign Policy in Focus - April, 2008
2008 Annual Arab Public Opinion Poll
Shibley Telhami
University of Maryland - April, 2008
Choosing War: The Decision to Invade Iraq and Its Aftermath
Joseph J. Collins
National Defense University - April, 2008
The Price of the Surge: How U.S. Strategy Is Hastening Iraq's Demise
Steve Simon
Foreign Affairs - April, 2008
Pious Populist: Understanding the Rise of Iran's President
Abbas Milani
Boston Review - April, 2008
Washington's New Arms Bazaar
Sean L. Yom
MERIP Middle East Report - April, 2008
Petraeus-Crocker Hearing: Political Theater on Message
Phyllis Bennis
Foreign Policy in Focus - April, 2008
Thinking Strategically about Iraq: Report from a Symposium
Colin H. Kahl, Brian Katulus, & Marc Lynch
MIddle East Policy - April, 2008
Roundtable: Iran's Strategic Concerns and U.S. Interests
Gary Sick, Trita Parsi, Chas Freeman, Barbara Slavin, Ray Takeyh
Middle East Policy - April, 2008
Iraq After the Surge: Options and Questions
Daniel Serwer and Sam Parker
US Institute of Peace - April, 2008
Iraq: Dark Shadows of Things to Come
Wayne White
Middle East Institute - April, 2008
Grab More Hills, Expand the Territory
Henry Siegman
London Review of Books - April, 2008
Dealing with Iran's Hardliners
Patrick Disney and Danny Hosein
Foreign Policy in Focus - April, 2008
Why al-Maliki Attacked Basra
Juan Cole
Salon - April, 2008
The Next President and the Middle East
Daniel Levy
The American Prospect - March, 2008
In Iraq, U.S. Caught in Middle of Shiite Rivalry
Ned Parker
Los Angeles Times - March, 2008
The Case for Conditional Engagement in Iraq
Colin Kahl and Shawn Brimley
Center for a New American Security - March, 2008
The Al-Qaeda Media Nexus
Daniel Kimmage
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - March, 2008
The World Beyond Iraq
Barack Obama
- March, 2008
Iraq's "Hidden" Conflict
Raed Jarrar
Foreign Policy in Focus - March, 2008
Rule, Not Reconciliation
Dahr Jamail
Foreign Policy in Focus - March, 2008
Debating Devolution in Iraq
Reidar Visser
MERIP - Middle East Research and Information Project - March, 2008
Iran-Iraq Ties Show US the Way
Kaveh L Afrasiabi
Asia Times - March, 2008
The 'Laptop of Mass Destruction"
Gareth Porter
Asia Times - March, 2008
The Gaza Bombshell
Ken Silverstein
Vanity Fair - March, 2008
Is Iran Winning the Iraq War?
Robert Dreyfuss
The Nation - March, 2008
A Solution for the US-Iran Nuclear Standoff
William Luers, Thomas R. Pickering, and Jim Walsh
New York Review of Books - February, 2008
Iran in the Crosshairs
Phyllis Bennis
Foreign Policy in Focus - February, 2008
The New Middle East
Marina Ottaway, Nathan Brown, Amr Hamzawy, Karim Sadjadpour, Paul Salem
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - February, 2008
The Road Out of Gaza
Nathan Brown
Carnegie Endowment - February, 2008
IAEA's Latest Report on Iran: Time to Move On
Farideh Farhi
Global Affairs Blog - February, 2008
The Myth of the Surge
Nir Rosen
Rolling Stone - February, 2008
Latest Iran Safeguards Report Delivered to IAEA Board
International Atomic Energy Agency - February, 2008
The Enduring Trap in Iraq
Adil Shamoo
Foreign Policy in Focus - February, 2008
Who Will Stop the Bulldozers?
Gershom Gorenberg
The American Prospect - February, 2008
Counting Iraqi Casualties -- and a Media Controversy
John Tirman
Editor and Publisher - February, 2008
A Strike in the Dark
Seymour Hersh
New Yorker - February, 2008
Iraq's Civil War, the Sadrists and the Surge
International Crisis Group - February, 2008
Iran Tries to Make Up Lost Ground
Kaveh L Afrasiabi
Asia Times - February, 2008
Iraq: Politics Unfrozen, Direction Still Unclear
Daniel Serwer and Rend al-Rahim
US Institute for Peace - January, 2008
The Iraq Project
Paul Rogers
Open Democracy - January, 2008
Arming the Middle East
Stephen Zunes
Foreign Policy in Focus - January, 2008
360 Days
M.J. Rosenberg
Israel Policy Forum - January, 2008
What Does It Mean To Be the Pro-Israel Candidate?
Gershom Gorenberg
The American Prospect - January, 2008
Ali Abunimah Discusses US Presidential Candidates on Democracy Now!
Electronic Intifada - January, 2008
US Military Breaks Ranks
Mark Perry
Asia Times - January, 2008
Bush and Palestinian-Israeli Peace Efforts
Charles D. Smith
Informed Comment: Global Affairs - January, 2008
GCC-Iran Watch
Marc Lynch
Abu Aardvark Blog - January, 2008
Still No Peace
Stephen Zunes
Foreign Policy in Focus - January, 2008
Iran Sanctions: Impact in Furthering U.S. Objectives Is Unclear and Should Be Reviewed
General Accounting Office - January, 2008
Four Comments on Bush's Visit to Israel
Daniel Levy
Prospects for Peace - January, 2008
Stairway to Paradise & Obama's Religion
M.J. Rosenberg
Israel Policy Forum - January, 2008
New Study Estimates 151 000 Violent Iraqi Deaths Since 2003 Invasion
World Health Organization - January, 2008
Bush's Israel Problem -- And Ours
Ira Chernus
Foreign Policy in Focus - January, 2008
Israel's False Friends
John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt
LA Times - January, 2008
As Iraqis See It
Michael Massing
New York Review of Books - January, 2008
An American in Iran
Max Rodenbeck
New York Review of Books - January, 2008
Why US Strategy on Iran Is Crumbling
Marc Lynch
Christian Science Monitor - January, 2008
Dependency Politics
Ahmad Khalidi
Conflicts Forum - January, 2008
The Costs of Containing Iran: Washington's Misguided New Middle East Policy
Vali Nasr and Ray Takeyh
Foreign Affairs - December, 2007
Can the War on Terror Be Won?
Philip H. Gordon
Foreign Affairs - December, 2007
It's Time to Talk to Iran
Daniel Levy
Prospects for Peace - December, 2007
Can Israel Accept the Price of Peace?
Geoffrey Aronson
Foundation for Middle East Peace - December, 2007
Muqtada al-Sadr's Power Grab
Mohamad Bazzi
The Nation - December, 2007
The Israel Lobby Revisited
Stephen Zunes
Foreign Policy in Focus - December, 2007
Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq: Report to Congress
US Dept of Defense - December, 2007
Political Progress in Iraq During the Surge
Rend Al-Rahim Francke
US Institute of Peace - December, 2007
Iraq's Danger Signals
Paul Rogers
Open Democracy - December, 2007
GWOT: Egypt
Negar Azimi
The Nation - December, 2007
Between Annapolis and Bush's Presidential Visit to Israel
Daniel Levy
Prospects for Peace - December, 2007
Will Iraq's Great Awakening Lead to a Nightmare?
Douglas Macgregor
Mother Jones - December, 2007
Iraq Calmer But More Divided
Ned Parker
Los Angeles Times - December, 2007
Reading the NIE in Tehran
Farideh Farhi
Informed Comment: Global Affairs - December, 2007
Is Iran NIE a Blessing in Disguise for Israel?
Trita Parsi
Antiwar.com - December, 2007
The Costs of Containing Iran
Vali Nasr and Ray Takeyh
Real Clear Politics - December, 2007
New Intelligence Estimate Calls for Credible Diplomatic Option to Extend Iran's Nuclear Weapons Halt
Cara Ong
Foreign Policy in Focus - December, 2007
Why Bush's Troop Surge Won't Save Iraq
Juan Cole
Salon - December, 2007
The Failure of Annapolis
Stephen Zunes
Foreign Policy in Focus - December, 2007
"Follow Us, Not Them" - The Ramallah Model: Washington's Palestinian Failure
Geoffrey Aronson
- November, 2007
Broken Peace Process
Stephen Zunes
Foreign Policy in Focus - November, 2007
War Is Peace, Sanctions Are Diplomacy
Carah Ong
MERIP - Middle East Research and Information Project - November, 2007
Annapolis: The Cost of Failure
Henry Siegman
New York Review of Books - November, 2007
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Annapolis and After
International Crisis Group - November, 2007
Inside the Surge: The American Military Finds New Allies, But at What Cost?
Jon Lee Anderson
The New Yorker - November, 2007
IAEA Report on Iran's Nuclear Program
Director General
IAEA - November, 2007
National Intelligence Estimate - Iran: Nuclear Intentions and Capabilities
National Intelligence Council
- November, 2007
Kahl-Katulis Debate on Iraq
Marc Lynch
Abu Aardvark Blog - November, 2007
Syria and the Peace Process
Joshua Landis
Syria Comment Blog - November, 2007
A Wall of Mistrust
Maziar Bahari
Newsweek - November, 2007
The Iranian Challenge
Trita Parsi
The Nation - November, 2007
Strategic Drift in Iraq
John Podesta, Lawrence J. Korb, Brian Katulis
Center for American Progress - October, 2007
Quarterly Report to Congress, Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, October 2007
Stuart B. Bowen
Council on Foreign Relations - October, 2007
Engaging Syria: We'd Be Crazy Not To
Shana Marshall
Foreign Policy in Focus - October, 2007
New Unilateral Sanctions against Iran: What Do They Mean?
Farideh Farhi
Informed Comment: Global Affairs - October, 2007
Ask the Iraqis
Lawrence Wright
New Yorker - October, 2007
Muting the Alarm over the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The New York Times versus Haaretz, 2000-06
Jerome Slater
International Security - October, 2007
When Promoting Democracy Is Counterproductive
Haleh Esfandiari and Robert S. Litwak
Chronicle of Higher Education - October, 2007
The Secret History of the Impending War with Iran That the White House Doesn't Want You to Know
John H. Richardson
Esquire - October, 2007
A Guide to a Successful November International Conference
Israel Policy Forum - October, 2007
Media Matters: The Arab Portrayal of the United States
Hosam Mohamed
Arab Insight - October, 2007
Beyond Media 'Dialogues': Time to Put Away the Champagne Flutes
Lawrence Pintak
Arab Media and Society - October, 2007
Shifting Targets: The Administration's Plan for Iran
Seymour M. Hersh
The New Yorker - October, 2007
The Iranian Conundrum
Peter Galbraith
New York Review of Books - October, 2007
A Diplomatic Road to Damascus: The Benefits of U.S. Engagement with Syria
Leon T. Hadar
Independent Institute - October, 2007
Bravely Stating the Obvious: Egyptian Humor and the Anti-American Consensus
Walter Armbrust
Arab Media and Society - October, 2007
After Neoconservatism
Francis Fukuyama
Political Concepts - September, 2007
The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States
Trita Parsi and Ervand Abrahamian
Democracy Now - September, 2007
Can't Win With 'Em, Can't Got to War Without 'Em: Private Military Contractors and Counter Insurgency
P. W. Singer
Brookings Institute - September, 2007
The World Can Live With a Nuclear Iran
Martin van Creveld
Jewish Daily Forward - September, 2007
The Terrorism Index
Foreign Policy Magazine - September, 2007
Iraq in 2012: Four Scenarios
Volker Perthes
Open Democracy - September, 2007
Surge Has Failed - Iraqi Poll
BBC, ABC News and NHK - September, 2007
Iraq: Time for a Change
Daniel Serwer
US Institute of Peace - September, 2007
Planning for Defeat
George Packer
New Yorker - September, 2007
The Battle for Iraq is About Oil and Democracy, Not Religion!
Joshua Holland and Raed Jarrar
Alternet - September, 2007
The Surge in Iraq Has Failed
Jessica Matthews
Carnegie Endowment - September, 2007
Missed Opportunities: Cooperation and Confrontation in the US-Syrian Relationship
David W. Lesch
The Century Foundation - September, 2007
"The Israel Lobby" in Perspective
Mitchell Plitnick and Chris Toensing
MERIP - Middle East Report - July, 2007
Culture Knowledge and the Violence of Imperialism: Revisiting the Arab Mind
Frances S. Hasso
MIT Electronic Journal of Middle East Studies - May, 2007
Iran: Consequences of a War
Paul Rogers
Oxford Research Group - February, 2006