In the wake of Iraq

Series of features. The run-up to the Iraq war, the campaign itself and its aftermath have all had a profound impact on international relations in general and on NATO in particular. This issue of NATO Review, which is entitled In the wake of Iraq, analyses the wider implications of the Iraq campaign. In the first of four articles devoted to this theme, Sir Timothy Garden of the Centre for Defence Studies, King's College London examines the political impact of the Iraq campaign and ways forward for all institutions involved. Tom Donnelly of the American Enterprise Institute in Washington assesses the impact of the Iraq campaign on NATO from a US perspective. Diego A. Ruiz-Palmer of NATO's Operations Division analyses the background to the Alliance's decision to take responsibility for peacekeeping in Afghanistan. And Lieutenant-Colonel Steven Collins, chief of PSYOPS at SHAPE, examines the Coalition's perception-management operations before, during and after Operation Iraqi Freedom as well as their implications for NATO