Atlantic Unbound Archive

Graeme Wood

Graeme has been an Atlantic staff editor since 2006. His Atlantic blog, Prepared for the Worst, chronicles a journey through Iraq, Afghanistan, the Arabian peninsula, and the Horn of Africa.

Recent articles by Graeme Wood

November 2009

¡Hola, Hezbollah!

How a Lebanese mullah found happiness in Paraguay.

September 2009

Bovine Intervention

How cows can help win the peace in Fallujah.

August 19, 2009

The Answer, My Friend ...

Our correspondent makes a pilgrimage to Bob Dylan's hometown in search of the source of his bizarre accent.

July/August 2009

Re-Engineering the Earth

New techniques can change the climate quickly and cheaply. Why are scientists afraid to mention them?

January 20, 2009

The Inauguration of Barack Obama

A groundling's-eye view.

January/February 2009

Security Blanket

Afghanistan’s most venerable relic faces its greatest challenge.

August 14, 2008

An Air-Conditioned Nightmare

In Afghanistan, some soldiers are pampered. Should they be?

April 2008

Bay of Capitalist Pigs

How Havana might change after Castro.

November 26, 2007

I Say Qaddafi, You Say Qadhdhafiy

A look at how The Atlantic navigates the sometimes confusing straits of Arabic transliteration.

October 26, 2007

Among the Kurds

Atlantic editor Graeme Wood describes his sojourn with the militant young bookworms of the PKK.

October 2007

Riders on the Storm

Can meteorologists armed with supercomputers and a few tons of soot stop a hurricane from reaching the Gulf Coast? Can they stop it without getting sued?

September 2007

Classify This

The Bush administration’s pathological hiding of information.

May 2007

Breaking Away

Serious trouble is brewing in Iraq’s one quiet corner: the Kurdish north.

December 2006

Iran: A Minority Report

Mapping the rise of discontent.