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Author:

Gompert, David C.

Title:

Security in Iraq : a framework for analyzing emerging threats as U.S. forces leave / David C. Gompert, Terrence K. Kelly, Jessica Watkins.

Publisher:

RAND National Defense Research Institute,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xxiv, 71 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.

Subject:

National security--Iraq.
Internal security--Iraq.
Iraq--Military policy.
Iraq--Politics and government--2003-
United States--Military policy.
Iraq War, 2003-
United States.--Armed Forces.
Disengagement (Military science)

Other Authors:

Kelly, Terrence K.
Watkins, Jessica.
National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)

Notes:

"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense." "MG-911-OSD"--P. [4] of cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-71).

Contents:

Introduction -- Political and security conditions of U.S. withdrawal -- Future U.S. security responsibilities in Iraq.

Summary:

A critical question surrounding the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq is Iraq's internal security and stability. Although the U.S. withdrawal plan is designed with care to avoid weakening Iraq's security, the end of U.S. occupation may alter the strategies of the main Iraqi political actors, each of which has enough armed power to be able to shatter Iraq's domestic peace. In view of the potential for insecurity in Iraq, the United States cannot afford to take a passive or reactive stance. To anticipate dangers and act purposefully, U.S. policy-makers need a dynamic analytic framework with which to examine the shifting motivations and capabilities of the actors that affect Iraq's security. This monograph offers such a framework.

Series:

Rand Corporation monograph series

ISBN:

083304771X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780833047717 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)477274548

LCCN:

2009051617

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)