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This page contains a selection of recent essays on Iraq, with links to the web sites of their authors. The work is solely that of the authors listed. The Wisconsin Project takes no responsibility for the contents. The essays are arranged alphabetically by author.
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| Date | Title of work |
| October 2003 | Iraq is the Central Front (PDF) by Thomas Donnelly |
| 10-03-02 | The Day After: Planning for a Post-Saddam Iraq Conference Transcript |
| Date | Title of work |
| July/August 2000 | Anticipating Inspections: UNMOVIC Readies Itself for Iraq Interview with Hans Blix |
| 06-99 | The Lessons and Legacy of UNSCOM Interview with Richard Butler |
| 10-98 | Iraq's Reconstitution of its Nuclear Weapons Program by David Albright and Khidhir Hamza |
| Aug/Sept. 1998 | Keeping Iraq's Disarmament on Track Interview with Richard Butler |
| Jan/Feb. 1998 | Give Diplomacy a Chance by Spurgeon Keeny, Jr. |
| June/July 1997 | Leaving Behind the UNSCOM Legacy in Iraq Interview with Ambassador Rolf Ekeus |
| Date | Title of work |
| Jan/Feb. 2004 | Spies, Lies, and Weapons: What Went Wrong by Kenneth M. Pollack |
| 05-02 | Tales of the Tyrant by Mark Bowden |
| 04-25-02 | Interview with Mark Bowden by Sage Strosser |
American University Center for Global Peace
| Date | Title of work |
| 06-08-02 | Forum, "Iraq's Kurds: A Key to Stability in Iraq" |
| Date | Title of work |
| 02-25-03 | Q&A with Dr.Kenneth Pollack: on Possible UN Role in a New Iraq |
| 10-09-02 | Interview with Dr.Kenneth Pollack: on Hussein's Nuclear Weapons Program |
| 02-21-01 | Iraq and America: 10 Years After Desert Storm a Brookings Forum |
| 02-18-01 | Overextended in Iraq by Ivo Daalder and Michael O'Hanlon |
| 02-01 | Prudent or Paranoid? The Pentagon's Two-War Plans (PDF) by Michael O'Hanlon |
| 02-01 | Iraq: Time for a Modified Approach by Meghan O'Sullivan |
| 03-25-99 | Who Knows What a Desperate Saddam Might Do? by Shibley Telhami |
| 11-19-98 | Foreign Policy Blinksmanship by Richard Haass |
| 11-16-98 | Better than Air Strikes by Michael O'Hanlon |
| 11-10-98 | Containing Saddam by Richard Haass |
| 03-01-98 | Iraq What Next? by Richard Haass |
| 02-25-98 | U.N. Struck Good Deal for Peace With Iraq by Michael O'Hanlon |
| 02-15-98 | An Iraq Attack Ensures Nothing by Richard Haass |
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
| Date | Title of work |
| Nov/Dec 1998 | The Mystery of the Sunken Gyros by Vladimir Orlov and William Potter |
| Sept/Oct 1998 | Inside Saddam's Secret Nuclear Program by Khidhir Hamza |
| 04-92 | Iraq's Shop-Till-You-Drop Nuclear Program by David Albright and Mark Hibbs |
| 09-91 | Iraq's Nuclear Hide-and-Seek by David Albright and Mark Hibbs |
| July/Aug 1991 | Iraq and the Rules of the Nuclear Game by Avner Cohen and Marvin Miller |
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
| Date | Title of work |
| 10-03-03 | The Kay Contradiction by Joseph Cirincione |
| 03-05-02 | Inspections in Iraq: A Background Briefing |
| 03-04-02 | The Wrong Target by Jessica Mathews in Washington Post |
| 06-19-01 | The Iraq Dilemma: Remarks by Garry Dillon at 2001 Carnegie Non-Proliferation Conference |
| 06-19-01 | The Iraq Dilemma: Summary of Panel at 2001 Carnegie Non-Proliferation Conference |
| 01-12-99 | Remarks by Khidhir Hamza at 1999 Carnegie Non-Proliferation Conference |
| 01-11-99 | Remarks by Richard Butler at 1999 Carnegie Non-Proliferation Conference |
| 01-11-99 | Remarks by David Albright at 1999 Carnegie Non-Proliferation Conference |
| 09-22-98 | Iraq's Breakout Potential by Matt Rice |
| Date | Title of work |
| 11-17-99 | Imperial Overreach: Washington's Dubious Strategy to Overthrow Saddam Hussein (PDF) by David Isenberg |
Center for Contemporary Conflict
| Date | Title of work |
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05-01-03 |
Where Are Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction? by Ibrahim al-Marashi |
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03-01-03 |
Iraq War Will Not End Inspection Challenges by Jeffrey W. Knopf |
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09-17-02 |
Comparing Threats from Saddam and bin Laden by Surinder Rana |
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08-09-02 |
Nuclear Weapons, War with Iraq, and U.S. Security Strategy in the Middle East by James A. Russell and James J. Wirtz |
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07-03-02 |
WMD Proliferation and Conventional Counterforce: The Case for Iraq by James A. Russell |
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04-02-02 |
Iraq: The Weapons Inspection Conundrum by Jack Boureston and James A. Russell |
| Date | Title of work |
| 02-26-01 | Truth and Consequences for Saddam Decision Brief No. 01-D 16 |
| 01-17-01 | Ten Years After Saddam Survived Desert Storm, It's Time to Adopt "Bush Team" Blueprint for Ending His Dangerous Misrule Transition Brief No. 01-T 07 |
| 11-20-00 | Danger in the Air: Flights to Baghdad Offer Saddam New Opportunities to Acquire Weapons of Mass Destruction Decision Brief No. 00-D 90 |
| 01-27-00 | Nix to Blix: Man Who Certified Iraq as Non-Nuclear is Unlikely to Find - or Even to Seek - Saddam's Hidden Weapons Security Forum No. 00-F 6 |
| 12-22-98 | After the Bombing: Import Controls May Be the Only Hope for "Radically" Improving Sanctions Enforcement Against Iraq Perspective No. 98-C 202 |
| 04-28-98 | Senator Lott Shows How and Secures Means to Topple Saddam Decision Brief No. 98-D 73 |
| 04-07-98 | Prepare Now for the Iraqi Endgame Decision Brief No. 98-D 63 |
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Coalition for International Justice
| Date | Title of work |
| 09-18-02 | Sources of Revenue for Saddam and Sons: A Primer on the Financial Underpinnings of the Regime in Baghdad (PDF) |
| Date | Title of work |
| 05-0202 | Discussion Transcript: "Inspections in Iraq" with Kennneth Pollack, Charles Duelfer and Dr. Khidir Hamza |
| Date | Title of work |
| 06-11-00 | How Baghdad Divided the Conquerors by Charles Duelfer, Los Angeles Times |
Federation of American Scientists
| Date | Title of work |
| 1997 | The Iraqi Target System: Targets in Iraq Space Policy Project, Desert Star |
| Date | Title of work |
| 06-01 | U.S. Policy Toward Iraq: Policy Alternatives (PDF) by Phyllis Bennis, Stephen Zunes, and Martha Honey |
| 04-01 | U.S.-Supported Iraqi Opposition (PDF) by Nicholas Arons |
| 01-01 | Iraq: 10 Years After the Gulf War (PDF) by Stephen Zunes |
| Date | Title of work |
| 04-01 | Smart Sanctions: Restructuring UN Policy in Iraq (PDF) by David Cortwright, Alistair Millar, and George Lopez, with Linda Gerber as contributing editor. |
| Date | Title of work |
| 02-09-98 | Israel's Right to Self-Defense by Arnold Beichman |
| Date | Title of work |
| 07-03-02 | Early World War I Chemical Warfare Agents and Possible Use by Iraq |
| 07-03-02 | Biological Warfare Agent Rotavirus: Was It Used in the Iraq-Kurd Wars? |
| 07-03-02 | The Saddam Hussein - Bin Laden Connection (PDF) |
Institute for Science and International Security
| Date | Title of work |
| 1999 | Saddam's Threat to the World |
| 1999 | The Vision for Iraq |
| Date | Title of work |
| 06-08-00 | Sanctions on Iraq: A Blind Weapon Speech by Dr. H. Al-Shahristani |
| Date | Title of work |
| 05-01-90 | Iraq's Al-Husayn Missile Programme by W. Seth Carus and Joseph S. Bermudez, Jr. |
| Date | Title of work |
| 02-09-00 | Deadly Unknowns About Iraq's Biological Weapons Program by Milton Leitenberg |
| Date | Title of work |
| 06-10-02 | Sanctions Saga Continues Amid Policy Confusion by Colin Rowat |
Middle East Research and Information Project
| Date | Title of work |
| 03-04-03 | Sanctions and the "Moral Case" for War by Per Oskar Klevnas |
| 10-28-02 | Letter from France by Jean-Paul Chagnollaud |
| 08-09-02 | The US and the Kurds of Iraq: A Bitter History by Maggy Zanger |
| 08-06-02 | Washington Pushes Turkey Toward "The Red Line" by Ertugrul Kurkcu |
| 05-14-02 | Sanctions Renewed on Iraq by Sarah Graham-Brown |
| 11-28-01 | Iraq: Rolling Over Sanctions, Raising the Stakes by Sarah Graham-Brown |
| Fall 2001 | The Iraqi Klondike: Oil and Regional Trade by Raad Alkadiri |
| 08-08-01 | How the Sanctions Hurt Iraq by Colin Rowat |
| 06-28-01 | Smart Sanctions: Rebuilding Consensus or Maintaining Conflict? by Marc Lynch |
| 03-23-01 | Assessing the Iraqi Opposition by Faleh A. Jabar |
| 02-20-01 | No-fly Zones: Rhetoric and Real Intentions by Sarah Graham-Brown |
| 01-24-01 | Almost Unnoticed: Interventions and Rivalries in Iraqi Kurdistan by Isam al-Khafaji |
| Summer 2000 | "And They Called It Peace": US Policy On Iraq by Phyllis Bennis |
Middle East Review of International Affairs
| Date | Title of work |
| 12-01 | Sanctions on Iraq: A Valid Anti-American Grievance? by Michael Rubin |
| 03-00 | Contradictions in US Policy on Iraq and Its Consequences by Amin Tarzi |
| Date | Title of work |
| May 2005 | Iraq and After: Taking the Right Lessons for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction by Michael Eisenstadt |
| Spring 2005 | Iraq's Chemical Weapons Legacy by Richard L. Russell |
| Date | Title of work |
| 03-25-02 | The Great Terror by Jeffrey Goldberg |
| Date | Title of work |
| June 2001 | Roundtable on U.S. Policy Options Towards Iraq |
| Date | Title of work |
| 04-02-02 | Open Letter to the President on US Policy in Iraq by Galbraith et al. |
| 02-19-98 | Open Letter to the President on US Policy in Iraq by Solarz, Perle et al. |
Project for the New American Century
| Date | Title of work |
| 09-20-01 | Towards a Comprehensive Strategy: A Letter to the President by William Kristol and others |
| Date | Title of work |
| 02-27-03 | Briefing Notes on UNSCOM Interview with Hussein Kamel by Glen Rangwala, Kamel Interview Transcript (PDF) |
| 02-05-03 | Review of Colin Powell's Speech to the U.N. by Glen Rangwala |
| 01-28-03 | A Case for Concern, Not a Case for War by Glen Rangwala, Nathaniel Hurd and Alistair Millar |
| 10-01-02 | Iraq's Major Political Groupings by Glen Rangwala |
| 09-16-02 | The Dishonest Case for War on Iraq by Alan Simpson and Glen Rangwala |
United States Institute of Peace
| Date | Title of work |
| 07-17-00 | Iraq Sanctions: What Have We Learned? USIP Panel Discussion |
| 02-17-99 | Thinking Out Loud: Policies Toward Iraq USIP Special Report |
University of Sussex
| Date | Title of work |
| 10-04 | Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention and Iraq by Geoffrey Holland |
Washington Institute for Near East Policy
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Policy Organizations
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Arms Control Today
Brookings Institution
Cambridge University's Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq
Carnegie Endowment - Non-Proliferation Project
Center for Contemporary Conflict
Center for Security Policy
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Coalition for International Justice
Council on Foreign Relations
Conflict in Iraq (BASIC, ISIS, and Saferworld)
Federation of American Scientists (FAS)
FAS - Iraq Crisis Page
FAS - Iraq's WMD
FAS - Iraqi Special Weapons Facilities
FAS - Iraqi Intelligence Agencies
Foreign Policy in Focus
Heritage Foundation Iraq Page
Institute for Science and International Security
Iraqi National Congress
Jane's Intelligence Review
Middle East Review of International Affairs
Middle East Research and Information Project
Monterey Institute - Center for Nonproliferation Studies
National Institute for Public Policy
The Nixon Center
Nuclear Control Institute - Iraq's Nuclear Threat
Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty Iraq Report
United States Institute of Peace
Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Washington Kurdish Institute - Halabja Post Graduate Medical InstituteUS Government
Department of Defense - Policy on Iraq
Department of Defense - Gulf War Illness
US European Command Operation Northern Watch
US European Command Operation Southern Watch
Department of State - Crisis With Iraq
Foreign Governments
French Foreign Ministry (English version)
UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office
United Nations Agencies
IAEA
UNMOVIC
UNOIP
UNSCOM