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Record Nr.

UNINA9910220097803321

Autore

Gompert David C

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 2010

ISBN

1-282-94042-2

9786612940422

0-8330-5027-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiv, 71 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

Rand Corporation monograph series

Altri autori (Persone)

KellyTerrence K

WatkinsJessica

Disciplina

355/.0330567

Soggetti

National security - Iraq

Internal security - Iraq

Iraq War, 2003-2011

Disengagement (Military science)

Iraq Military policy

Iraq Politics and government 2003-

United States Military policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."--T.p.

"National Defense Research Institute."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-71).

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.