Iraq War

Dr Jan Hallenberg is at the Department of Security and Strategic Studies, Swedish National Defence College. He is a specialist on US foreign and security policy. His publications include The Demise of the Soviet Union: Analysing the Collapse of a State (Ashgate, 2002).Dr Hakan Karlsson is at the Department of Security and Strategic Studies, Swedish National Defence College=. He is a specialist on US strategy and nuclear weapons. His publications include Bureaucratic politics and weapons acquisition: the case of the MX ICBM program (two volumes, 2002).

• 1. Puzzles and Propositions in the Iraq War 2. What were the Bush Administration’s Goals in Invading Iraq? 3. The Iraq War and the Transatlantic Relationship 4. Russia’s Choice: Preserve the Status Quo 5. Iraq’s Political Strategy before and during the War 6. Sweden, the Western World and the War that Saw the Birth of Iraq: Implications of the Events in 1914-1921 for the Present Conflict 7. The Iraq War and International Law: From Hugo Grotius to George W. Bush 8. Brute Force or Coercion: Two Perspectives on Conflict Management, Stefan Ring 9. Doctrine, Expertise and Arms in Combination: A Reflection on the Iraq War 10. The Iraq Air War in 2003: Back to the Future? 11. The Struggle for Credibility during the Iraq War 12. Conclusions