Nir Rosen

Nir Rosen (born 1977 in New York City) is a journalist and one of the most astute observers of Iraq's descent into insurgency and civil war. Rosen writes on current and international affairs.

Rosen is best known for his writings on the rise of violence in Iraq following the 2003 invasion, which form the basis of his first book, In the Belly of the Green Bird (2006). He spent more than two years in Iraq reporting on the American occupation, the relationship between Americans and Iraqis, the development of postwar Iraqi religious and political movements, inter-ethnic and sectarian relations, and the Iraqi civil war.

He regularly contributes to leading periodicals, such as Atlantic Monthly, the Washington Post, the New York Times Magazine, the Boston Review, and Harper's. He contributed to the footage of Iraq in Charles Ferguson's documentary No End In Sight and was also interviewed for the film.

Nir Rosen is a fellow at the New York University Center on Law and Security, and a former fellow of the New America Foundation. In September 2007, he was the C.V. Starr Distinguished Visitor at the American Academy in Berlin.

Bibliography

Books

• Rosen, Nir. In the Belly of the Green Bird: The Triumph of the Martyrs in Iraq, New York: Free Press, 2006. ISBN 0-7432-7703-1

Articles

• Rosen, Nir. "If America Left Iraq: The case for cutting and running" The Atlantic Monthly (December 2005).
• Rosen, Nir. "Anatomy of a Civil War: Iraq's descent into chaos" Boston Review (November/December, 2006)
• Rosen, Nir. "Nir Rosen on Iraq’s descent into civil war: 'This is a U.S. crime'". Socialist Worker (December 8, 2006 | Pages 6 and 7)
• Rosen, Nir. "The Flight from Iraq," New York Times Magazine (May 13, 2007)
• Rosen, Nir. "Riding Shotgun With Our Shadow Army in Iraq," Mother Jones (May/June 2007)
• Rosen, Nir. "The Myth of the Surge" Rolling Stone (March 2008)

Transcript

• "PBS NewsHour": "As Violence Peaks and Dips, Debate Over 'Surge' Persists" (March 11, 2008)

War correspondent Michael Yon on Nir Rosen from on the ground in Iraq:

"I greeted Fred Kagan with some skepticism at first, yet the more he talks about Iraq, the more apparent it becomes that his words are measured and resonate with the truth on the ground here. Not so with Nir Rosen. This morning I watched the television screen in Mosul as Kagan and Rosen debated Iraq, hosted by Jim Lehrer. Kagan's statements were entirely consistent with what I see and hear unfolding here. By comparison, Rosen came across as a new Baghdad Bob. While he might be articulate, well dressed and highly credentialed, Rosen's characterizations of the situation were at best inconsistent with ground-based realities, and at worst completely false . Kagan is worth listening to. Nir Rosen is not."

Critical reception

• Xenakis, Nicholas J. "T for Terrorist," The National Interest, Vol. 84 (Summer 2006). pp. 134-138.

External links

• Rosen's personal website, www.nirrosen.com