stephen kinzer: By signalling an aggressive posture by the US toward Iran, the promotion of George Bush's favourite general is a dangerous miscalculation
Robert Fox: Syria may be in the crosshairs of Washington's neocon hawks, but they will not find the new head of central command amenable to their purposes
Candidates will vie to prove preparedness at Petraeus hearing
March 2008
Not blowback, but turnaround
Oliver Kamm
Oliver Kamm: It's easy to find local setbacks in Iraq, but ideology should not blind us to the big picture: the surge is delivering stability and security