Blog Entries by James Denselow from 06/2009

Rehabilitating the Sons of Iraq

| Posted 06.01.2009 | World

If the Sunnis are marginalised from the political process, instead of fighting al-Qaida they may revert to supporting them.

Hezbollah Still Holds Sway in Lebanon

| Posted 06.16.2009 | World

Parliament's lack of power raises serious questions about the future of Hezbollah's role and the shape of issue-based politics in such a fragile country.

Cracks Show as U.S. Leaves Iraq Cities

| Posted 06.30.2009 | World

The withdrawal is a huge occasion for the nascent Iraqi state: it will test the durability of the institutions that have emerged from the embers of the almost total state collapse of 2003-04.