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Iraq
August 15, 2014
James Dawson
Why Britain Created Monarchies in the Middle East
August 14, 2014
Jenna Krajeski
Kurdistan Is Considered the "Success Story" of the Iraq War. Not So Fast.
August 12, 2014
Cameron Hudson
Is This the Obama Doctrine?
The president has set a very high bar for preventing genocide
August 11, 2014
Andrew J. Tabler
ISIL Could Become the Voice of Sunnis If We Don't Find a Way to Stop It Soon
August 11, 2014
Yishai Schwartz
We Are Doing the Right Thing
The U.S. airstrikes in Iraq are about saving lives, not oil fields
August 8, 2014
Elliot Ackerman
The Islamic State's Strategy Was Years in the Making
August 8, 2014
Yishai Schwartz
Obama Is Right to Bomb Islamic Militants, But His Reasons Are Wrong
August 8, 2014
The New Republic Staff
These Are the People Who Obama Is Trying to Save in Iraq
Kurds are fleeing as Islamic State militants close in
August 8, 2014
Lawrence F. Kaplan
Why Obama Is Right to Bomb ISIS
The Yazidi need our help, and they need it today
July 29, 2014
Dov Friedman
The U.S. Is Accidentally Pushing Kurdistan Toward Independence From Iraq
Kurdish oil is sitting off the Texas coast right now—and a U.S. judge just ordered its seizure
July 22, 2014
Zalmay Khalilzad, Kenneth M. Pollack
How to Save Iraq
This is the best, or the least bad, solution to the current crisis
July 10, 2014
Isaac Chotiner
A Middle East Expert Explains Assad's Dangerous Charm, ISIS's Plans, and the Future of the Region
An Interview With Robert Ford, the Former Ambasssador to Syria
July 4, 2014
Fergal Keane
A Dispatch from the Happiest Place in Iraq
July 3, 2014
Dov Friedman, Gabriel Mitchell
Israel Is Challenging America to Support Kurdish Independence
An alleged oil deal is raising diplomatic tensions
June 27, 2014
John B. Judis
The Middle East That France and Britain Drew Is Finally Unravelling
And there's very little the U.S. can do to stop it
June 25, 2014
Aki Peritz
The Jihadis Who've Flocked to Syria Really Might be in Madrid or Milwaukee Before Long
The frightening logic of "bleedout"
June 24, 2014
Michael Knights
Saddam Hussein's Faithful Friend, the King of Clubs, Might Be the Key to Saving Iraq
Assuming, that is, the mysterious Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri is even still alive
June 24, 2014
Isaac Chotiner
You're Not Going to Believe Who's Claiming Obama Destroyed the Middle East
June 19, 2014
John B. Judis
Obama Has Two Options on Iraq. Both Are Terrible.
June 19, 2014
Jessica Schulberg
How Will the Iraq Crisis Turn Out? Here Are a Few Scenarios.

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