This vision of relations will seem palatable to Americans and Iraqis who want to believe that all will be well after the withdrawal of U.S. troops. But the image is a mirage.

Iraqi Kurds and Iraqis more broadly can argue about whether Western concerns about Iran’s nuclear program are justified and they can also debate responsibility for the recent tension between Tehran and Washington. Analysts—whether they are in Washington, Jerusalem, or Tehran—largely agree, however, that the Middle East is closer to a major war now than at any time since 2003.

Once again, as in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya, the Obama administration's silence has consequences.

The Balkanization of Kurdistan impacted university development. As a result many universities in Kurdistan have suffered and are not providing a quality education to their students.

While America's efforts to build the Iraqi and Afghan armies have captured headlines, the creation of effective, uncorrupt, and nonsectarian police forces is arguably an even greater challenge for the United States in the war on terror. Lying uneasily at the intersection of development and security policy, U.S. and international...

Fifty-seven years ago, an armistice ended the fighting in Korea, yet when the war was over, the United States did not abandon South Korea. Similar considerations apply to Iraq today.

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Since the destruction of the al-Askariya shrine in Samarra on February 22, 2006, a growing number of commentators has warned that Iraq is slipping into civil war, and that prospects for stability and democracy in Iraq are...

The current administration plan foresees thousands of American civilians going into Iraq in 2012. Of the many problems with this plan, a few stand out. We have been hearing about "civilian surges" into Iraq and Afghanistan for years, yet the nondefense contributions to such surges have been limited, slow to arrive, and painful to maintain.