U.S. Involvement in the 1980s Iran-Iraq War: America’s Haphazard Extension of Gulf Insecurity

Posted on December 3, 2018 by Editorial Board

In a televised address on September 17, 1980, president Saddam Hussein stood before the National Assembly of Iraq and condemned the neighboring state Iran. Huss...

Acheson Prize

Shaping Saddam: How the Media Mythologized A Monster — Honorable Mention

Posted on June 3, 2018 by Editorial Board

This essay first appeared in the Acheson Prize 2018 Issue of the Yale Review of International Studies. Saddam Hussein was not involved in the terrorist attacks ...