Graeme Wood

Graeme Wood is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of The Way of the Strangers: Encounters With the Islamic State. He joined the magazine in 2006 after working as a translator, courier, and bootlegger in northern Iraq. He has since reported for The Atlantic from every continent except Antarctica, and on subjects ranging from foreign policy to pro wrestling. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and teaches at Yale University.

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  1. Israel Is Ready for Another War

    In the north, Israelis are not just resigned to the opening of a war with Hezbollah but in some cases annoyed that committing to one is taking so long.

    A fire from rockets launched from Lebanon
    Jalaa Marey / AFP / Getty
  2. Is Israel Guilty of Perfidy?

    It seems doubly perverse to apply rules against perfidy when perfidy is being used to free hostages, but to let other war crimes slide when their objective is to kill civilians.

    Israeli flag and helicopter flying over blue sky
    Jack Guez / AFP / Getty