Training Iraq's Death Squads

Spencer Ackerman : Iraq

The Army's plan to professionalize Iraq's police could backfire, as militia-infiltrated squads become more effective killers.

Waltzing With Warlords

Peter Bergen : Afghanistan

Five years after the United States ousted the Taliban, optimism about Afghanistan's future is evaporating. Three new books shed light on what went wrong.

Who's Running Afghan Policy?

David Corn : Afghanistan

Even if the United States has the will to do the hard work necessary to rebuild Afghanistan, there are few signs that senior Administration officials are engaged.

Pity the Region

Augustus Richard Norton : Middle East

Robert Fisk's The Great War for Civilization criticizes a self-righteous US foreign policy oblivious to the power of retributive justice in the Middle East.

Iraq: The Chaos Deepens

David Enders : US Foreign Policy

As elections near, guerrillas are conducting their own "shock and awe" campaign.

Hold Bush to His Lie

Naomi Klein : Transitional Governments

True democracy could still come to Iraq.

Sectarianism in Iraq

Dilip Hiro : Iraqi Reconstruction/ Occupation

Rebuilding Afghanistan

Ahmed Rashid : Afghanistan

Travels With Izzi

Peter Davis : US Military Presence Abroad

US tactics in Iraq are designed to produce not conciliation but control.