IRAQ
Film & Video:
Articles:
- Letters from Baghdad (2016) - the letters of Gertrude Bell, sometimes called the female "Lawrence of Arabia," available online to members of Maine Public (MPBN) and for sale on PBS and Amazon
Articles:
- "Trump Admin. declares US an Occupying Power in Iraq, Puts US Troops in Jeopardy by Refusing to Leave" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 12, 2020
- "All the Ways Trump’s Attack on Gen. Soleimani Violated International and Iraqi Law" by David Mednicoff on"Informed Comment," Jan 12, 2020
- "Opportunities Squandered, and the End of America in Iraq?" on Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 6, 2020
- "Iraqi Parliament Resolves to Kick Out US Troops, and Trump Threatens Mother of All Sanctions" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 6, 2020
- "Making America Hated Again: Tens of Thousands of Iraqis Chant 'Death to America' at Soleimani Funeral in Baghdad" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 5, 2020"Big leak No. 2: Iran's influence-building in Iraq" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Nov 18, 2019
- "Is a new Arab Spring unfolding in the Middle East?" by Jeremy Bowen on "BBC News," Oct 29, 2019
- "IEA: Iraq could become world’s fourth-largest oil producer" by Ruba Husari on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," April 29, 2019
- "U.S. Pressures Iraq Over Embrace of Militias Linked to Iran" by Edward Wong and Eric Schmitt in "The New York Times," March 19, 2019
- "Trump is stumbling his way to a vainglorious Middle East retreat" by David Ignatius in "The Washington Post," Feb 5, 2019
- "Baghdad: Calls to Expel US Troops from Iraq after Trump said they spy on Iran" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Feb 5, 2019
- "Are Iran and Iraq Headed toward Another Conflict?" by Shireen Hunter on Lobe Log," Sept 11, 2018
- "Cities Lost and Remade" in "Middle East Report 287," Summer 2018 - a collection of articles on: Dubai, Amman, Alexandria, Abadan, Jerusalem, Mosul and Sur, as well as general urban issues
- "Iraq’s Kurdish kingmakers" by Randa Slim on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Aug 27, 2018
- "Abadi’s high-wire act" by Randa Slim on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Aug 13, 2018
- "Turkey, Iraq and China defy Trump on new Iran Sanctions, Act to Hold Tehran Harmless" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," June 28, 2018
- "Iraq’s election recount goes up in smoke" by Randa Slim on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," June 11, 2018
- "Abadi expected to win in Iraqi elections" by Randa Slim on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," May 7, 2018
- "Iraqi Oil for Israel? 15 Years later, new Light on the Iraq War" by Gary Vogler on "Informed Comment," April 26, 2018
- "Another Iran-backed Iraqi militia leader visits Lebanon, threatens Israel" by Ahmad Majidyar on "Middle East Institute: Iran Observed," Feb 14, 2018
- "Iran-linked militias will play role in Syrian-Iraqi border security" by Ahmad Majidyar on "Middle East Institute: Iran Observed," Feb 13, 2018
- "Iraq reconstruction conference begins in Kuwait" by Randa Slim on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Feb 12, 2018
- "Iran-backed Iraqi militias step up threat of violence against US forces in Iraq" by Ahmad Majidyar on "Middle East Institute: Iran Observed," Feb 7, 2018
- "Iran-Backed Iraqi Groups Threaten Violence Following U.S. Terrorism Bill" by Ahmad Majidyar on "Middle East Institute," Dec 6, 2017
- "After the Vote, Does the Kurdish Dream of Independence Have a Chance?" by David Zucchino in "The New York Times," Sept 30, 2017
- "Hezbollah-Islamic State Deal Divides Iraqi Leaders" by Ahmad Majidyar in Middle East Institute's "IranObserved Weekly Brief," Sept 6, 2017
- "Iran: Consequences of Referendum Will be Dire for Iraq and Region" by Ahmad Majidyar in Middle East Institute's "IranObserved Weekly Brief," Sept 6, 2017
- "Arabs, Thomas Friedman and the 'iron fist'" by Brian Whitaker on "Informed Comment," Sept 2, 2017
- "I.R.G.C. Outlet: Tal Afar Liberation Paves Way for Expulsion of U.S. from Iraq" by Ahmad Majidyar in Middle East Institute's "IranObserved Weekly Brief," Aug 28, 2017
- "Russia to Prod Iraq to Stick to Oil Cuts" by Jean-François Seznec on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," Aug 28, 2017
- "The Future of Iraq's Minorities" by Alex Shanahan on "Washington Report on Middle East Affairs," Aug 24, 2017
- "Tehran’s Iraqi Proxies and Looming Conflict with U.S." by Ali Alfoneh on "Middle East Institute," Aug 9, 2017
- "Iraqi Paramilitary Forces to Participate in Tal Afar Operation despite Concerns" by Ahmad Majidyar on "Middle East Institute," Aug 9, 2017
- "Iraqi Militia Leader Says Will Hold U.S. Responsible for Killing 40 Militiamen, 7 I.R.G.C. Officers" by Ahmad Majidyar on "Middle East Institute," Aug 8, 2017
- "Iran-Allied Iraqi Militia Group Threatens Violence over Kurdistan Independence Plan" by Ahmad Majidyar on "Middle East Institute," Aug 8, 2017
- "Influential Iraqi Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Saudi Visit Triggers Worries in Tehran" by Ahmad Majidyar on "Middle East Institute: Iran Observed," Aug 2, 2017
- "Competing Iraqi Shiite Militias: Tehran’s Design or Strategic Blunder?" by Ali Alfoneh on "Middle East Institute: Iran Observed," Aug 2, 2017
- "Saudi Reaches out to Iraqi Shiite Leaders" by Randa Slim on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," July 31, 2017
- "Maliki Humiliated in Moscow" by Randa Slim on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," July 24, 2017
- "Mosul: US commander says Iraq must stop Islamic State 2.0" on "BBC News," July 11, 2017
- "A Sign of Hope From Mr. Tillerson" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," June 30, 2017
- "With Provocative Moves, U.S. Risks Unraveling Gains With China" by Steven Lee Myers and Sui-Lee Wee in "The New York Times," June 30, 2017
- "Drought in Northern China Is Worst on Record, Officials Say" by Edward Wong in "The New York Times," June 29, 2017
- "How much of a threat does Russia pose, and to whom?" by Jonathan Marcus on "BBC News," June 29, 2017
- "Qatar Looks to Iran and Iraq" by Giorgio Cafiero and Theodore Karasik on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," June 29, 2017
- "Iran Observed" various articles on "Middle East Institute," May 17, 2017
- "Open Sesame: Science centre unveiled in Jordan" by David Shukman on "BBC News," May 16, 2017
- "Iran-Supported Iraqi Militia Leaders Ramps up Anti-American Propaganda" by Ahmad Majidyar on "Middle East Institute," April 19, 2017
- "Islamic State and the crisis in Iraq and Syria in maps" from "BBC News," April 7, 2017
- "Abadi Seeks More U.S. Help" by Randa Slim on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," March 20, 2017
- "Iran, Israel, Syria to Top Arab Summit Agenda" by Paul Salem on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," March 20, 2017
- "The Middle East That Might Have Been" by Nick Danforth in "The Atlantic," Feb 13, 2015 (about the 1919 King-Crane Commission)
- "Trump Visa Denials target same countries Bush vowed to Overthrow" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 28, 2017
- "Iraqi Leaders Denounce Trump over Oil, Jerusalem; US Troops in Political Crossfire" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 26, 2017
- "The Middle East in the Year Ahead" by various authors on "Middle East Institute," Jan 5, 2017 (includes pieces on Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudia Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen and the "War on Terror")
- Middle East Institute's "Briefing: Middle East Reactions to the U.S. Election" includes "Trump’s Win Adds New Dynamics to Unstable Middle East" by Paul Salem, "What a Trump Presidency Means for Syria/Iraq" by Robert S. Ford, "Israel’s Right Welcomes Trump’s Victory" by Eran Etzion, "Erdogan Treads Carefully on Trump" by Gönül Tol, "Iran’s Moderates Fear Trump Presidency" by Alex Vatanka, and "G.C.C. Uncertain About Trump" by Gerald Feierstein, Nov 9, 2016
- "Turkey's Push to Join Battle for Mosul Inflames Tension with Iraq" by Tim Arango & Michael R. Gordon in "The New York Times," Oct 23, 2016
- "Monday Briefing: Turkey-Iraq Row Complicates Mosul Operation" by Gonul Tol on "Middle East Institute," Oct 17, 2016
- "How Many Guns Did the U.S. Lose Track of in Iraq and Afghanistan? Hundreds of Thousands." by C.J. Chivers in "The New York Times Magazine," Aug 24, 2016
- "The End of American Iraq: Poor Shiites invade Parliament over corrupt Spoils System" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," May 1, 2016
- "The Front Lines: On the border of ISIS territory, Iraqi civilians fight for their survival" by Luke Mogelson in "The New Yorker," Jan 18, 2016
- "Iraq Offers to Mediate Dispute Between Saudi Arabia and Iran" by Kareem Fahim in "The New York Times," Jan 6, 2016
- "ISIS' Territory Shrank in Syria and Iraq This Year" (with maps) by Sergio Peçanha & Derek Watkins in "The New York Times," Dec 22, 1015
- "What Are Turkish Troops Doing in Northern Iraq?" by Dexter Filkins in "The New Yorker," Dec 9, 2015
- "Islamic State Tries to Show It Can Govern in Iraq and Syria" by Margaret Coker & Alexis Flynn in "The Wall Street Journal," Oct 13, 2015
- "The Mideast’s New Cold War: Why Russia won’t Defeat Iraq’s Extremists" by Mustafa Habib on "Informed Comment," Oct 12, 2015
- "US Intel Chief: Iraq and Syria may not Survive as States" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment, Sept 14, 2015
- "Iraq, Iran, and the President on Mindsets" by Paul Pillar on "LobeLog Forign Policy," Aug 6, 2015
- "Washington in Wonderland: Down the Iraqi Rabbit Hole (Again)" by Andrew J. Bacevich on "TomDispatch," June 18, 2015
- "ISIS & the Shia Revival in Iraq" by Nicolas Pelham in "The New York Review of Books," June 4, 2015 issue
- "Modest Increase in Iraq Training Mission shows Obama still Uninterested & Maybe he’s Right" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," June 10, 2015
- "Iraq: Surge Resurgence?" by Jim Lobe on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," June 8, 2015
- "ISIS & the Shia Revival in Iraq" by Nicolas Pelham in "The New York Review of Books," June 4, 2015 issue
- "Did Jeb Bush just commit a War Crime in Justifying the Iraq War?" by Juan Cole on "InformedComment," May 13, 2015
- "Lest We Forget: Bibi’s 'Wisdom' on Iraq" by Jim Lobe on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Feb 12, 2015
- "America Is Open for Business in Iraq" by Peter Van Buren on WeMeantWell.com, Jan 16, 2015
- "I Can’t Be Forgiven for Abu Ghraib" by Eric Fair in "The New York Times," Dec 9, 2014
- "Suspicions Run Deep in Iraq That C.I.A. and the Islamic State Are United" by David D. Kirkpatrick in "The New York Times," Sept 20, 2014
- "Turkey Obtains Release of Hostages Held in Iraq" by Ben Hubbard, Sebnem Arsu & Ceylan Yeginsu in "The New York Times," Sept 20, 2014
- "Iraq: How Many Turning Points and Milestones Until We Win?" by Peter Van Buren on "WeMeantWell" blog, Sept 18, 2014
- "Hearts, Minds and Dead Sunnis in Iraq" by Peter Van Buren on "WeMeantWell" blog, Sept 15, 2014
- "Iraqi Politics, Iranian-Iraqi relations, and How to Think About the Islamic State" by Flynt Leverett on "GoingtoTehran.com," Aug 14, 2014
- "The American Genocide Against Iraq: 4% of Population Dead as result of US sanctions, wars " by Juan Cole on Informed Comment, October 17, 2013
- "Imagining a Remapped Middle East" by Robin Wright in The New York Times, September 28, 2013. (see also response from Rami G. Khouri)
- "What We Lost: Top Ten Ways the Iraq War Harmed the US" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," March 18, 2013
- "Mission Unaccomplished: Why the Invasion of Iraq Was the Single Worst Foreign Policy Decision in American History" by Peter Van Buren on ESLKlein.com on March 9, 2013, and on TomDispatch.com, on March 7, 2013
Books:
- Dodge, Toby, Inventing Iraq : the failure of nation-building and a history denied. New York : Columbia University Press, 2003.
- Marr, Phebe. The modern history of Iraq. 2nd ed. Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2004.
- Packer, George, The assassins’ gate: America in Iraq. 1st ed. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.
- Shadid, Anthony. Night draws near : Iraq’s people in the shadow of America’s war. New York : Henry Holt, 2005.
- Van Buren, Peter, We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People, 2012
Blog:
- "Riverbend" by Girl Blog from Iraq (Note from Ed Knox: When the war started with our invasion of Iraq, I began following the girl blogger for the details of Baghdad under occupation. She gave the daily story of how to live with spotty electricity, daily violence, terror, uncertain food, and gave a voice to the unfortunate collateral damage of our foreign policy. Heartbreaking. I followed her to Syria where she soon quick blogging. Now I know she is two countries further on. Some of our colleagues may wish to follow her story back into deeper history. She is not dull.)