Toward a balance sheet : what, why, and how / John S. Duffield and Peter J. Dombrowski -- The Iraq War and the war on terror : the global jihad after Iraq / Steven Simon -- The Iraq War and the failure of U.S. counterproliferation strategy / Joseph Cirincione -- The Iraq War and American national security interests in the Middle East / F. Gregory Gause III -- The Iraq War and the state of the U.S. military / Michael E. O'Hanlon -- The international political costs of the Iraq War / Thomas G. Weiss -- The Iraq War and U.S. public opinion / Clay Ramsay -- Are we safer now? / Peter J. Dombrowski and John S. Duffield.