Iraq

The United States is good at using military might to defeat terrorists—but without a plan for clean, competent governance in areas once ruled by the Islamic State, the threat will remain.

The march to war against Iran is echoing the drumbeats of America's last major Middle Eastern invasion.

Contingency coffers could reach levels not seen since the Iraq surge.

In his first hundred days on the job, Adel Abdul Mahdi has hit entrenched political roadblocks to choosing cabinet ministers and changing a system of political patronage.

One previously unreported incident from 2017 illustrates the risks of Trump’s latest plan.

Many Arab rulers have revealed their moral bankruptcy by rekindling ties with Syria and embracing a war criminal.

Forget the Middle East—it’s time to prepare for attacks from the former Soviet Union.

Baghdad is heavily dependent on trade with Tehran. Without an exemption from Washington, Iraqis—and the stability of the country—will suffer.

One year on from the defeat of the Islamic State, the new U.S. Congress should draw on lessons learned from efforts to counter violent extremism.

The late 41st U.S. president’s prudence was once derided as the wimp factor, but it has aged well.

The defeat of the Islamic State has created a power vacuum in the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar, leaving the Yazidi minority at the mercy of competing militias.

The world has focused on rebuilding the country’s north after defeating the Islamic State while ignoring festering resentment and poverty in Basra.

In the 1980s, the United States embraced a brutal Middle Eastern tyrant simply because he opposed Iran. Washington should not repeat the same mistake today.

Two years after deciding to leave the European Union, many Brits want a second vote on Brexit.

A strange alliance between Sunnis and Shiites is sure to leave Iraq worse off.

The British Labour leader misses no opportunity to condemn the West, but he’s full of praise for violent revolutionaries.

Iraq’s Kurdish kingmakers used to side with Washington. Now, Tehran seems like a more attractive partner.

The former militia leader who once terrorized U.S. forces has reinvented himself as an Iraqi nationalist and a pragmatist.

Beijing is using the region's ongoing woes to solidify its own geopolitical agenda.

The big question for the world is whether the United States will now follow its old Iraq playbook, too.