Hasan Hadi’s film The President’s Cake centres on a deceptively simple premise: every year, schoolchildren were selected to make offerings for Saddam’s birthday, an impossible burden
If we want to understand why democracy is in such trouble, we can learn plenty from the careers of two men who were once stellar figures in democratic politics
Born in Iraq, he left Baghdad during Saddam Hussein’s regime after being asked to submit a false valuation for work
The architect-in-chief of America’s ‘war on terror’ was later vilified for relentlessly hawkish foreign policy
Every 20 years the US and Israel attempt to remake the Middle East - always with catastrophic consequences
The likelihood is that much of Iran’s nuclear capabilities remain intact, and despite calls for regime change there is no sign of Iranians rising up
The scope is perhaps too broad, and the prose a little dry, for this book to appeal to the general reader
Donald Trump’s presidency has also generated a new focus on questions of identity and doubt in Europe
Whatever about his reputation in Ireland he became probably Britain’s best-known post-second World War officer
Records released by Irish and British archives include details of a ‘republican’ artefact thief and a ‘radical’ UK proposal to hold asylum seekers on a Scottish island
Post-invasion violence hemmed people into neighbourhoods but Baghdad residents now feel safer and socialise more
Lara Marlowe on notable new works by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad and Sherine Tadros
The West can’t stop its rivals reading it wrong, but it can choose not to encourage them
This demonic little man has been watching too many episodes of The Americans
Bank held hundreds of millions of dollars for heads of state, intelligence officials and human rights abusers
US effort to use intelligence to shape world opinion has to contend with shadow of the Iraq war
Irish overseas offer humanitarian help in face of hunger, death and devastation
In a new memoir, journalist Lara Marlowe recalls the life she shared with her former husband
Former US secretary of state’s role in US invasion of Iraq led to fatalities and misery
General who became first black US secretary of state made faulty claims about Hussein’s weapons
Tributes paid to retired four-star general who helped build case for 2003 invasion of Iraq
Movement led by Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr expected to be parliament’s biggest faction
Conor O’Clery recalls how viewing the Twin Towers attack left a lasting sense of guilt and inadequacy in the face of catastrophe
Costs of War project looks at consequences of conflicts the US has waged since 9/11 attacks
Erbil Letter: Poverty, power outages and lack of water fail to tear eyes from Talabanis
US Politics: Rarely have so many lives and so much cash been spent on so little
Four years after its liberation, many still do not believe Iraqi city is safe to return to
Quincy Institute points to US’s weapon exports and own role in region’s interventions
Republican who twice served as defence secretary is credited as architect of Iraq War
Clothing market targeted in Iraq’s first major suicide attack for three years
Secretary of state’s parting shot designed to undermine Biden administration’s bid to recalibrate relations with Tehran
If he was controversial, it was because he refused to conform. Robert never followed the herd
Highly regarded, controversial foreign correspondent had long relationship with Ireland
Reporters praised for their ‘diligence, tenacity, expertise and impartiality’
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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