Statement of Phyllis Bennis in advance of President Obama’s speech detailing ‘the end of the war in Iraq’
The director of the Institute’s New Internationalism project says there’s no victory to claim in Iraq.
What You Will Not Hear About Iraq
In occupied Iraq, the population living in urban slums has skyrocketed. Why haven’t we heard more about this shocking statistic?
Iraq: A Teach-In on the Legacy of the Seven-Year U.S. Occupation
Thousands of U.S. troops are leaving Iraq — but more than 50,000 troops and tens of thousands of US-paid mercenaries remain. US “combat operations” are ending, but Iraq remains mired in war.
Don’t Reward Violence in Iraq by Extending U.S. Troop Withdrawal Deadline
President Obama should not bow to the Beltway voices urging him to keep U.S. troops longer in Iraq.
Worst Fears May be Realized In Iraq
Are we really leaving Iraq at the end of 2011?
Why the Afghan Surge Will Fail
President Obama is on the verge of making a profound mistake by sending more troops to Afghanistan, argues columnist Conn Hallinan.
Obama to Announce Iraq Troop Withdrawal
President Obama is about to order the beginning of the end of the U.S. war and occupation of Iraq. Or is he?
Listen: Afghanistan
After eight years of deafness, the White House is now listening. When it comes to Afghanistan, we just have to speak a little louder.
A Multipolar Moment?
Will Obama’s multilateral resolve turn to stone or will his administration truly remap U.S. global relations?
What’s the Matter with China?
The problem isn’t just with China. Even after the election of Barack Obama, many are left wondering: What’s the matter with us?
Our Pirates and Theirs
Why are more than a dozen of the world’s navies converging on Somalia to battle pirates there instead of sailing into New York to capture the Wall Street pirates?
GWOT’s End?
Even if Obama holds to his word on torture, closes Guantánamo within the year, applies the same yardstick to detainees at Bagram and in Iraq, and eliminates the Clinton-era policy on extraordinary rendition, the death of the “global war on terror,” as Mark Twain once said of his own prematurely published obituary, is greatly exaggerated.