In the last weeks of 2004, two reports from leading centres of analysis in Washington combine to give a bleak assessment of United States efforts both in countering al-Qaida and
The United Statess missiledefence test failure in the Pacific on 15 December is the latest in a line of problems for a defence system that combines political momentum
Washington hawks, undeterred by problems in Iraq, are intensifying their hardline attitudes towards Iran, North Korea, and Syria.
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The nuclear politics of Iran have recently returned to centrestage as hurried diplomatic contact between several European governments and Tehran, under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency
The major United States assault on the Iraqi city of Fallujah has still not quelled all resistance after more than two weeks. As fighting continues in some parts of the
After the termination of the Saddam Hussein regime, United States policy in Iraq as seen by the more neo-conservative thinkers in Washington had three features.
The first was the development
The United States military assault on the city of Fallujah has lasted four days and is still underway. American sources indicate that it may take several more days for their
As the Bush administration moves towards its second term following the election of 2 November, the period between now and the presidential inauguration in January 2005 will be significant for
The first ten days of Ramadan saw a pronounced increase in the insurgency in Iraq. The weekend of 23-24 October alone was brutal: more than sixty army recruits and police
The last week in Iraq has seen the continuation of a pattern that has lasted for some months: persistent violence combined with only limited reporting of events.
There have been
As the Iraq insurgency intensified during September 2004, some observers of United States military strategy expected that American forces would increase their attacks on key insurgent centres such as Fallujah;
