September 7, 2021

How the neocons got away with it None of the Iraq War's cheerleaders has suffered career consequences

Razib Khan

06.09

Washington was gripped by fear We wrongly characterise the post-9/11 years as a period of triumphalism

Justin Webb

04.09

We need to talk about 9/11 A short story about America's new enemies

Lionel Shriver

26.07

America’s spiteful foreign policy Its plan for the Middle East has been corrupted by petulant party politics

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

21.07

The surprising legacy of the neocons Post-liberals would rather forget their intellectual predecessors

Oliver Wiseman

30.06

ISIS is winning the drone wars Terrorists have joined an arms race we cannot afford to lose

Seth Frantzman

05.03

The Pope can’t save Iraq’s Christians Having endured genocide and ISIS, the religious minority is fighting for survival

Max J Joseph

30.07

Happy birthday, Baghdad, wonder of the world The city, founded 1,258 years ago today, was once an intellectual and cultural centre like no other

Justin Marozzi

08.01

How Trump handed victory to Qasem Soleimani The killing of the Iranian general has polarised the Iraqi Shia against America — and ceded martyrdom to a murderer

Maurice Glasman

25.12

For Iraq’s Christians, this year might be their last Sixteen years after the disastrous invasion, and two years after ISIS were defeated, the community faces its end

Reine Hanna

27.11

Why would the US want George W Bush back? The rehabilitation of the prodigal president says much about the state of American politics

Christopher Rhodes

10.10

What did the ancient Mesopotamians ever do for us? From depression cures to egotistical Trumpian kings and angry customer complaints, we can still relate to the lives of people living four millennia ago

Moudhy Al-Rashid