The Loya Jirga discussions in Kabul last week, and the tentative agreement to withdraw from Kabul and its immediate vicinity some of the heavy weaponry in the hands of warlords,
The turn of the year has seen a sustained period of alerts affecting airlines flying into the United States, as well as a new tape from Osama bin Laden. In
The end of 2003 is an appropriate time to assess the condition of the United Statess war on terror in its three most active campaigns Iraq, Afghanistan, and against
The detention of Saddam Hussein raises many questions. One of the most important is whether it means the beginning of the end of the insurgency. The immediate indications are that
The recent journeys of Donald Rumsfeld to Afghanistan and Iraq, which followed George W. Bushs Thanksgiving foray to Baghdad, were accompanied by optimistic assessments of both wars designed to
In early 2003, just before the start of the war with Iraq, reports appeared in the specialist defence press about a new weapon the Massive Ordnance Air Burst (MOAB) being
United States forces in Iraq have responded vigorously to the bombing of the Italian police headquarters in Nasiriya, the destruction of three of their own helicopters and a recent increase
Paul Bremers hurried return to Washington last week and the resulting changes in United States policy in Iraq make it apparent that the full impact of the developing insurgency
The deteriorating security situation in Iraq has attracted most of the attention of policy-makers and analysts in recent weeks. But the status of al-Qaida and its affiliates has remained a consistent background issue.
Several recent articles in this series have sought to analyse the increase in violence in Iraq, especially the attacks on United States forces. It might therefore be useful to stand
Paul Wolfowitz, the United States deputy defense secretary and one of the most significant architects of American policy in the Middle East, visited Iraq this week at a moment chosen
When American forces entered Baghdad at the end of the three-week war in April 2003, the outlook for United States policy in the Gulf region looked bright. The Saddam
