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Activists Rush to Rally Once More Against War
Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, seen here speaking at an antiwar rally in New York in February, will speak at a March 15 demonstration in Washington. (Graham Morrison - Getty Images)

About This Page

	• This page is a comprehensive collection of opinion, news analysis and commentary from the Washington Post and washingtonpost.com about the confrontation between the United States and Iraq. For background, see also:Latest News From Iraq • Primer: Iraq and the War on Terrorism

Preemptive War

	• Six experts in law, diplomacy and military affairs debate the Bush Doctrine in Six Degrees of Preemption (Participants: Kenneth L. Adelman, Retired Gen. Wesley Clark, Bruce W. Jentleson, Retired Col. Robert B. Killebrew, Amy E. Smithson, and Ruth Wedgwood)

A Shifting Focus on Terrorism
A new look for President Bush's global war on terrorism sits atop Condoleezza Rice's early to-do list at the State Department. Expect fairly soon some useful new handles on the problem and a more coherent overall strategy to guide the struggle that the bureaucracy abbreviates as GWOT.

Latest Columns and Letters

Disaster, Not Diplomacy (By Richard Cohen, April 14, 2005)

No Longer Your Iraq (By Jim Hoagland, April 10, 2005)

A Failure of More Than Intelligence (By Richard Cohen, April 7, 2005)

Peace in the Pipeline? (By David Ignatius, April 6, 2005)

Intelligence Critique Fatigue (By Richard A. Posner, April 6, 2005)

Keeping Covenant With Iraq (By Jim Hoagland, April 3, 2005)

Fooling Ourselves (By David Ignatius, April 1, 2005)

Syria and the New Axis of Evil (By Charles Krauthammer, April 1, 2005)

Rumsfeld And the Generals (By David Ignatius, March 30, 2005)

World Bank Pragmatism (By Sebastian Mallaby, March 28, 2005)

Saving Nonproliferation (By Jimmy Carter, March 28, 2005)

Playing Both Sides in Jordan (By Jim Hoagland, March 27, 2005)

The Case The Saudis Can't Make (By Faiza Saleh Ambah, March 27, 2005)

Easter in Iraq (By David Ignatius, March 25, 2005)

Remember Huaycan (By Eugene Robinson, March 22, 2005)

All the Nuance That's Fit to Print (By William Raspberry, March 21, 2005)

Wolfowitz's Tough Tasks (By Colbert I. King, March 19, 2005)

Nothing 'New' in This War (By Andrew J. Bacevich, March 19, 2005)

What's Left? Shame. (By Charles Krauthammer, March 18, 2005)

The Role of the U.N.

It makes no sense: U.N. Absurdity By George F. Will

It's essential: Why We Need a Second Resolution By Joe Biden

The Prospect of War

The U.S. will triumph: The Calm Before By Michael Kelly

It's a dangerous distraction: Detour From War on Terrorism By Gary Hart

Military men question the necessity: Heed the Hawks By E.J. Dionne

Sanctions are worse: Deadlier Than War By Walter Russell Mead

The Cost of War

Bush is hiding the cost: Busting Budgetary Illusions By David Broder

War will shape globalization: War's Economic Side Effects By Robert Samuelson

Oil

A factor in Bush's thinking: Oil-Fueled Confidence By Michael Kinsley

Petroleum decisions will determine success or failure: Pipeline to Iraq's Future By J. Robinson West

The Aftermath

The U.S. is not prepared: Unready for the Aftermath By Kenneth H. Bacon and George Rupp

The possible pitfalls are huge: The Consequences of War By William Raspberrry

America is not all-knowing: Problems of International Law By Michael Kinsley

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