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

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

A peaceful vote for an empowered centre - but losers' fear augurs a tense year
Thursday 4th December

The futures of Iraq

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

Thursday 13th November

What Obama means for Iraq

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

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

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

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

The United States occupation of Iraq is five years old. Has it been wicked or merely foolish?
Monday 18th February

Iraq's political space

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

How Iraq’s complex political dynamics are beyond the US’s grasp
Friday 11th January

Deaths in Iraq: the numbers game, revisited

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

Deaths in Iraq: how many, and why it matters

A new study assesses the human costs of war. What is at stake? (archive)
Tuesday 18th September

The architects of Iraq

David Petraeus and Ryan Crocker have had too easy a ride over their Iraq failure
Friday 7th September

Refugees: the missing Iraq benchmark

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

 

Thursday 30th August

Iraq's short century: old problems, new perspectives

Iraq's occupiers should learn from its colonial past (archive)
Monday 7th May

Iraq: a wall to conquer us

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

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

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

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


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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