The Road to Damascus?
Nikolas K. Gvosdev With the Pentagon announcement that "major military operations" are winding down, the war in Iraq has been won. The challenge is now to win the peace--to shape the international...
View ArticleFlip-Flops on Iraq
Martin Sieff Coming up to the first anniversary of President Bush declaring "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq, U.S. Iraqi policy has degenerated into a series of confusing flip-flops.First, Coalition...
View ArticleWhy Anglos Lead
Lawrence MeadOVER THE last few years, due to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, many commentators have discerned the emergence of a new American empire. Some critics blame the Bush Administration,...
View ArticleCut and Walk: What prevails in Iraq when the popular will won't?
James G. PoulosTo What End Democratization?As the Maliki government struggles to exert order, even over Baghdad, the undeniable truth is that we are out of free-election benchmarks by which to judge...
View ArticleA Golden Bridge Out of Iraq-Reinforced
Robert S. LeikenThe media has been shouting (e.g. here) strategies for making peace in Iraq. These plans leave out the most viable route to peace: negotiating with one of the two rival factions of the...
View ArticleRevivalism, Shi‘a Style
John O. VollVali Nasr, The Shia Revival: How Conflicts Within Islam Will Shape the Future (New York: W. W. Norton, 2006), 288 pp., $25.95."Can you tell a Sunni from a Shi‘a?" Many people cannot...
View ArticleGeorge Bush, the Accidental Realist
Andrew Peek "Democratization in combat boots" has been a glib but accurate way to describe President Bush's foreign policy. But when the history books a hundred years hence are written, the invasion of...
View ArticlePlan Z for Iraq
Amitai EtzioniMOST DISCUSSIONS about newly liberated states, such as Iraq, Kosovo or Afghanistan, start with what outsiders consider a preferred end product-a multi-ethnic, united, democratic,...
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Heirs of Sargon
Robert D. KaplanFrom the July/August 2009 issue of The National Interest. Please click here to see the full table of contents. Adeed Dawisha, Iraq: A Political History from Independence to Occupation...
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America's Iraq 'Victory'
Ted Galen Carpenter In his speech on August 2, President Obama affirmed that all U.S. troops would be out of Iraq by the end of 2011. That is a welcome stance, given that he has been...
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The Enigma of the Syrian Nation
Franck SalamehMuch is often said about the artificiality of the modern Middle Eastern state-system, particularly Syria. Often highlighted are the region’s current “republics” as the outcome of...
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