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,
The past two weeks have seen events in Russia take centrestage in the war on terror. The school siege in Beslan, North Ossetia, ended chaotically with a very heavy
Is this our fate?
Todd Gitlin
openDemocracys North America editor witnessed the events in New York on 11 September 2001. This is his first response.
A fog of terrorism
The ending of the immediate destruction and violence of the past three weeks in the southern Iraqi city of Najaf comes as an undoubted relief to United States forces and
Two apparently unconnected developments in recent weeks form an essential part of the wider understanding of how the United States intends to pursue its war on terror: the decision to
The resistance of Muqtada al-Sadrs angry young men to United States forces in the southern Iraqi city of Najaf reveals the failures of post-Saddam reconstruction.
The current epicentre of
The past two weeks have seen a substantial upsurge in violence across many parts of Iraq, culminating in a major assault on the centre of Najaf on 12 August. The
The United Kingdoms parliamentary select committee on foreign affairs published a report on foreign policy aspects of the war on terror on 29 July 2004. It covered a variety
The Democratic National Convention in Boston has dominated the American media in the past week, while a range of domestic issues has dominated the European. As a result, coverage of
