Gompert, David C.
Security in Iraq a framework for analyzing emerging threats as U.S. forces leave / [electronic resource] : Framework for analyzing emerging threats as US forces leave Framework for analyzing emerging threats as United States forces leave David C. Gompert, Terrence K. Kelly, Jessica Watkins. - Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2010. - xxiv, 71 p. : ill. (some col.). - Rand Corporation monograph series . - Rand Corporation monograph series. .
"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."--T.p. "National Defense Research Institute."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-71).
Introduction -- Political and security conditions of U.S. withdrawal -- Future U.S. security responsibilities in Iraq.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
United States. Armed Forces.
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.
Electronic books.
UA853.I75 / G66 2010eb
355/.0330567
MG-911-OSD
Security in Iraq a framework for analyzing emerging threats as U.S. forces leave / [electronic resource] : Framework for analyzing emerging threats as US forces leave Framework for analyzing emerging threats as United States forces leave David C. Gompert, Terrence K. Kelly, Jessica Watkins. - Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2010. - xxiv, 71 p. : ill. (some col.). - Rand Corporation monograph series . - Rand Corporation monograph series. .
"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."--T.p. "National Defense Research Institute."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-71).
Introduction -- Political and security conditions of U.S. withdrawal -- Future U.S. security responsibilities in Iraq.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
United States. Armed Forces.
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.
Electronic books.
UA853.I75 / G66 2010eb
355/.0330567
MG-911-OSD