Response
Nov/Dec
2008
U.S. troops in Iraq may guarantee security, but they will not bring about political reconciliation, the key to stability.
Roundtable
In this special web-only supplement, Christopher Hitchens, Fred Kaplan, Kevin Drum, and Marc Lynch respond to the roundtable, "What to Do in Iraq."
Postscript
Lynch's postscript to his September/October 2003 essay "Taking Arabs Seriously."
Essay
Sep/Oct
2003
The Bush administration's tone-deaf approach to the Middle East reflects a dangerous misreading of the nature and sources of Arab public opinion. Independent, transnational media outlets have transformed the region, and the administration needs to engage the new Arab public sphere that has emerged.
