Reply #46: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - links galore

[Stephanie]

Tons of info here - I recommend checking out the Terri Gross interview with Joseph Cirincione, for one.

A small sample of what's available (not formatted, sorry, you have to go to the page to get the links):


http://www.ceip.org/files/Iraq/index.htm#regime_change
Origins of Regime Change
Analysis

"The Evolution of the Bush Administration's Policy Toward Iraq," Joseph Cirincione on Fresh Air with Terry Gross, April 1, 2003

"Why We Are in Iraq," Speech by Carnegie Senior Associate Joseph Cirincione at American University Teach-In, March 23, 2003 (pdf)

"Origins of Regime Change in Iraq," Carnegie Issue Brief by Joseph Cirincione, March 19, 2003

"Quick Transformation to Democratic Middle East is Fantasy," Tom Carothers and Bethany Lacina, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, March 16, 2003

"Promoting Democracy in the Middle East: The Problem of U.S. Credibility," Carnegie Working Paper by Marina Ottaway, March 2003

"The New American Colonialism," by Joseph Cirincione, San Francisco Chronicle Op-Ed, 23 February 2003

"Democratic Mirage in the Middle East," Carnegie Policy Brief #20 by Marina Ottaway, Thomas Carothers, Amy Hawthorne, Daniel Brumberg, October 2002

"Dreaming of Democracy," New York Times Magazine, March 2, 2003

"How it Came to War," by Nicholas Lehmann, the New Yorker, 27 March 2003

"First Stop, Iraq," Time, March 25, 2003

"Democracy Domino Theory 'Not Credible," Los Angeles Times, March 14, 2003


"Frontline: The War Behind Closed Doors," This informative website contains interviews, documents, and a history of the Administration's strategic thinking on Iraq and the Middle East. 20 February 2003

"After Iraq," by Nicholas Lehmann, the New Yorker, 17 February 2003

"The President's Real Goal in Iraq," by Jay Bookman, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Op-Ed, 29 September 2002

Project for the New American Century This website presents analysis on Iraq and the Middle East from conservative thinkers.


"The Next World Order," by Nicholas Lehmann, the New Yorker, 1 April 2002 (pdf)


Key Documents on the Administration's Plans for Regime Change


Excerpts from 1992 Draft "Defense Planning Guidance," A policy statement on America's mission in the post-Cold War era drafted under Paul Wolfowitz, then-under secretary of defense for policy. 1992

"A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm" In a memo to then-Irsaeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Richard Perle, Douglas Feith and others present a bold new strategy for Israel that focuses on removing Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq. July 1996

Letter to President Clinton on Iraq Conservative thinkers, many of whom became senior officials in the Bush Administration, articulate to then-President Clinton the urgent need to depose Saddam, 26 January 1998

"Rebuilding America's Defenses" A report by the Project for the New American Century coauthored by among others, six key defense and foreign policy officials now serving in the Bush administration. This report seems to have become a blueprint for Bush's foreign and defense policies. September 2000

"The National Security Strategy of the United States of America," This report outlines the administration's approach to defending the country. This strategy marks a significant departure from previous approaches, a change that it attributes largely to the attacks of Sept. 11. 20 September 2002

Richard Perle on NBC's Meet the Press Richard Perle argues that a democratic Iraq could unleash the spread of democracy in the Middle East, 23 February 2003

"The Future of Iraq" President Bush Outlines his vision for Iraq and the Middle East in a Speech at the American Enterprise Institute. 26 February 2003