Subverting The Superpowers
Efraim Karsh's book on the creation of the modern Middle East is timely but overstates his case
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Iraq Myths
A film about the 2003 anti-war protest propagates inaccuracies
Washington Blame Game
Was the journalist Judith Miller's bad intelligence to blame for the 2003 invasion of Iraq?
Blair Baiting
A website, arrestblair.org, is offering cash rewards to anyone who attempts to apprehend the former PM. Interested, Desmond Tutu?
A Democratic Beacon in the Fractious Arab World
Nearly a decade after the US overthrew Saddam Hussein, Iraq is emerging as an increasingly free and prosperous society
No Brits in Basra
British businesses are nowhere to be seen in Iraq, unlike the companies of those countries that opposed the war
We Have to be Ready For Anything
The forthcoming defence review must answer our need to be able to face unpredictable threats
Arms and the Man
The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One by David Kilcullen; War Since 1990 and War: A Short History by Jeremy Black
In Search of Babylon
A British Museum exhibition will mix ancient artefacts with work inspired by the city of legend
Rethinking the War on Terror
The presidential adviser and author of Terror and Consent, Philip Bobbitt, shares his ideas on the war on terror in a Standpoint dialogue with Conservative politician and author of Celsius 7/7, Michael
ONLINE ONLY: A Different Deal In Iraq
Iraq begins to cut its own deals, and to reach for sovereignty