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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.
June 18, 2014
Abbas Milani
Don't Expect Iran and the U.S. to Solve the Iraq Crisis Together
June 17, 2014
Isaac Chotiner
What in God's Name Is Going on in Iraq? An Expert Explains.
An interview with Olivier Roy
June 16, 2014
Bilal Y. Saab
Blame These Two Countries, Not the United States, for the Current Crisis in Iraq
June 16, 2014
Brian Beutler
The Real Reason to Ignore Iraq War Supporters Today
June 16, 2014
Paul Berman
Why Do Iraq's Rebels Have So Many Different Names?
The ghastly semantics of the Islamic State
June 13, 2014
Jessica Schulberg
Just What Are America's Options in Iraq?
Obama got dealt a bad hand—and is playing it badly.
June 13, 2014
Isaac Chotiner
Obama Is Wrong. Iraq's Problems Are Ours, Too.

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