Hardly Diplomatic
Research on declassified government and intelligence documents – chronicling diplomats who shaped world order throughout modern history.
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From credits to conflict: economic statecraft before Desert Storm
George H. W. Bush reviews his speech before his inauguration as President (1989).*
Toward the end of the Iran-Iraq War, Saddam Hussein unleashed devastating chemical attacks on both Iranian forces and Iraqi Kurds to shore up his regime. Ye...
Winning back Saddam's trust?
Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Richard Murphy meeting Saddam Hussein to explain the unfolding Iran–Contra affair (1986).*
In November 1986, it emerged that the Reagan administration had been covertly and illegally se...
Cutting out the middleman: The National Security Council and the Iranian backchannel
The Iran-Contra Affair (Part 2)
This is the second article in a two part post on the Iran-Contra Affair.
When the U.S. government was forced to rely on an expatriate Iranian arms dealer.
The Iran-Contra Affair (Part 1)
After the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq War in 1980, the Reagan administration tilted heavily toward Baghdad, secretly supplying it with battlefield intelligence and ‘dual-use’ equipment that could be used in co...
Strategic interests and moral dilemmas: The Reagan administration, Saddam Hussein and chemical weapons.
This article is written so that it can be read in isolation, or as part of a short series on U.S. foreign policy toward Iraq in the 1980s. Read part one here.
President Reagan meets Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz as the U.S. and Ir...
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