The U.S. and Chemical Weapons: No Leg to Stand On
The United States is in no position to take leadership in response to any use of such weaponry by Syria
Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Pieces (3/22)
An Argentinian fatwa, a blustering Saddam Hussein.
Way Worse Than a Dumb War: Iraq Ten Years Later
It didn’t take long for the world to recognize that the US invasion and occupation of Iraq constituted a “dumb war.” But dumb wasn’t the half of it.
Iraq: The Failures of Democratization
If the United States cared so much about democracy in Iraq, why has it acted more like an occupying force in restricting the self-determination of Iraqi citizens?
Bush’s SOTU: Annotated
President Bush speaks to the nation and FPIF’s Stephen Zunes speaks back to the president.
Saddam’s Execution
His rule was a travesty of justice. And so was his demise.
Bush on 9/11: Annotated
The White House promised a nonpolitical speech on 9/11. So why was the president talking about Iraq?
Who Are the Progressives in Iraq? The Left, the Right, and the Islamists
Iraqis must be valued for who they are, not as pawns in some partisan political agenda–left or right.
Crude Vision
How oil interests obscured US Government focus on chemical weapons use by Saddam Hussein.
Post-Saddam Iraq: Linchpin of a New Oil Order
Only in the most direct sense is the Bush administration’s Iraq policy directed against Saddam Hussein.
The Anti-American Blowback from Bush’s Korea Policy
It is difficult to argue that anything Roh does could place more tension on Seoul’s relationship with Washington than the Bush administration’s unilateral foreign policy.
U.S. Support for the Iraqi Opposition
On December 17, 2002, a long-delayed conference of the Iraqi opposition in exile concluded in London.