Security in Iraq
Subtitle: a framework for analyzing emerging threats as U.S. forces leave
By: David C. Gompert, Terrence K. Kelly, Jessica Watkins
Contributors: Kelly, Terrence K.; Watkins, Jessica; National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
Series: Rand Corporation monograph series; Rand Corporation monograph series
Publisher: RAND
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 71
ISBN-13: 9780833047717
Other titles: Framework for analyzing emerging threats as US forces leave; Framework for analyzing emerging threats as United States forces leave
Description: 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.
Notes: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."--T.p.

"National Defense Research Institute."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-71).

Also available via the World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Political and security conditions of U.S. withdrawal; title: Future U.S. security responsibilities in Iraq.