03052nam a2200541 a 4500 ebr10425086 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 091207s2010 caua sb 000 0 eng 2009051617 9780833047717 (pbk. : alk. paper) 083304771X (pbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)676696380 a-iq--- n-us--- UA853.I75 G66 2010eb 355/.0330567 22 MG-911-OSD Gompert, David C. Security in Iraq [electronic resource] : a framework for analyzing emerging threats as U.S. forces leave / David C. Gompert, Terrence K. Kelly, Jessica Watkins. Framework for analyzing emerging threats as US forces leave Framework for analyzing emerging threats as United States forces leave Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2010. xxiv, 71 p. : ill. (some col.). 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. local Kelly, Terrence K. Watkins, Jessica. National Defense Research Institute (U.S.) ebrary, Inc. Rand Corporation monograph series. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10425086 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 142696 142696