iraq: understanding the handover: all articles

openDemocracy has tracked the prelude, course and aftermath of the Iraq war – always seeking to voice vital ideas and perspectives from around the world. Here, a brief guide to our coverage, and a selection of choice cuts.
Thursday 2nd July

Iraq: face of corruption, mask of politics

Zaid Al-Ali, 2 July 2009
The fight against corruption should be the foundation-stone of a clean post-occupation Iraq
Tuesday 10th February

Iraq’s elections: winners, losers, and what’s next

Joost R Hiltermann, 10 February 2009
A peaceful vote for an empowered centre - but losers' fear augurs a tense year
Thursday 4th December

The futures of Iraq

Fred Halliday, 4 December 2008

What are the political options in Iraq after five years of war?

Thursday 13th November

What Obama means for Iraq

Zaid Al-Ali, 13 November 2008
The United States president-elect promises to withdraw troops from Iraq. Will he deliver?
Friday 3rd October

The United States and Iraq: still getting it wrong

Reidar Visser, 3 October 2008
The Pentagon's analysis of Iraqi trends is trapped in misunderstanding of even basic realities
Wednesday 30th July

Iraq, Iran and the United States: problems and prospects

Joost R Hiltermann, 30 July 2008
Three countries with three elections in 2008-09 make a political strategy for Iraq's future urgent
Monday 31st March

Basra’s second battle decoded

Reidar Visser, 31 March 2008
The conflict in Basra is part of a wider political struggle over the future of Iraq
Wednesday 19th March

Uncle Sam in Iraq: the war of narratives

Robert Springborg, 19 March 2008
The United States occupation of Iraq is five years old. Has it been wicked or merely foolish?
Monday 18th February

Iraq's political space

Safa A Hussein, 18 February 2008
Iraq's political system must be repaired at national level if local progress is to be made
Friday 25th January

Iraq: the politics of the local

Charles Tripp, 25 January 2008
How Iraq’s complex political dynamics are beyond the US’s grasp
Friday 11th January

Deaths in Iraq: the numbers game, revisited

Michel Thieren, 11 January 2008
The science, politics and ethics of a post-invasion count
Thursday 10th January

Deaths in Iraq: how many, and why it matters

Michel Thieren, 10 January 2008
A new study assesses the human costs of war. What is at stake? (archive)
Tuesday 18th September

The architects of Iraq

Tareq Y Ismael, 18 September 2007
David Petraeus and Ryan Crocker have had too easy a ride over their Iraq failure
Friday 7th September

Refugees: the missing Iraq benchmark

Brian Katulis and Anita Sharma, 7 September 2007

US policymakers must address the humanitarian tragedy of millions of displaced Iraqis

 

Thursday 30th August

Iraq's short century: old problems, new perspectives

Peter Sluglett, 30 August 2007
Iraq's occupiers should learn from its colonial past (archive)
Monday 7th May

Iraq: a wall to conquer us

Zaid Al-Ali, 7 May 2007
The United States plan to cantonise Baghdad follows the sectarian logic of its occupation, says Zaid Al-Ali.
Sunday 22nd April

Saudi Arabia, Iraq and the United States

Tareq Y Ismael, 22 April 2007
Saudi Arabia's new diplomatic activism is a challenge to American plans in the region, says Tareq Y Ismael.
Wednesday 21st March

Iraqis in freefall

Zaid Al-Ali, 21 March 2007
Whatever official narratives and recovery plans say, the real experience of Iraqis since 2003 is a collapse of livelihoods under war and occupation, says Zaid Al-Ali.
Tuesday 30th January

The ghost of Saddam Hussein

Tareq Y Ismael, 30 January 2007
The hanging of Iraq's ex-dictator was an instrument of the country's new sectarian logic rather than of justice, says Tareq Y Ismael.
Friday 19th January

The United States in Iraq: the case for withdrawal

Zaid Al-Ali, 19 January 2007

The post-2003 occupation is only the latest chapter in Washington's long, disastrous involvement in Iraq. Zaid Al-Ali tracks a bitter history and draws a lesson.
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