TNR On the Most Overlooked Stories of 2011

Iraq Is a Mess. But Leaving Was the Right Call.

Iraqi Kurdistan Is Booming. Will It Ever Be a Separate State?

Out of Iraq: The War Is Over But the Repercussions Are Just Beginning

Danger Zone

Did We Lose in Iraq? No, and Here’s Why.

Third Wheel

Why Is There Such Widespread Support in DC for a Former Terrorist Group?

Peter Theo Curtis's Writing on The Twisted, Terrifying Last Days of Assad’s Syria

How Libya’s Energy Economy Can Avoid Iraq’s Mistakes

Sex and the Military

Obama’s Middle East Is in Tatters, Utter Tatters

Yo-Yo Ma’s Moving Piece in Honor of the Halabja Massacre

Why Is the Press Spending So Much Time Obsessing About Libya?

Why Is the Middle East Still in Thrall to 9/11 Conspiracy Theories?

What the U.N. Can Do to Stop Getting Attacked by Terrorists

Libya’s Greatest Advantage? The Modest Expectations of the Libyan People

Three Ways to Ensure That Libya Isn’t Just Free of Qaddafi, But Truly Democratic

The Truman Show

Assad’s Devious, Cruel Plan to Stay in Power By Dividing Syria—And Why It’s Working