"I don't think the stock market in Germany or elsewhere will recover until we see the end of the Iraqi crisis."

The Iraqi crisis provides a clear precedent for such a blockade.

Hamlet might have more to say for the Iraqi crisis.

And it was this delicate position that made the Iraqi crisis an exercise in multidimensional diplomacy.

Are the Syrian and Iraqi crises about to link up?

Bill Clinton is no different, as the latest Iraqi crisis demonstrates.

"It's first and foremost an Iraqi crisis," the security adviser said.

What can Europe do when it is time to make decisions on the Iraqi crisis?

This is because every act of international diplomacy these days can only be aimed at building a solution to the Iraqi crisis.

However, the Iraqi crisis and its impasses show that the superpowers have equal need of it.