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
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
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;
In the developing war in Iraq, particular events can have significance out of proportion to their immediate impact. The latest, threeday United States assault on insurgent forces in Samarra
The leaders of the United States and Iraq, George W Bush and Iyad Allawi, have declared strongly in recent days that Iraq is on the path to peace, reconstruction is
The press conference on 19 September in which Tony Blair shared a podium with his Iraqi equivalent, Iyad Allawi, was significant for two quite different comments from the British prime
The violence in Iraq is beginning to develop from a series of insurgencies and paramilitary actions into an outright uprising with the potential for a civil war. In this situation,
