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Iraq and America: Choices and Consequences
Ellen Laipson and Maureen S.
Steinbruner, Editors
America’s engagement
in Iraq will have profound consequences
for US interests and American national security
for the foreseeable future. The US-led
invasion that deposed the regime of Saddam
Hussein, the shifting priorities of the US
occupation in attempting to restore security
and establish a more representative government,
and the reluctance of Iraq’s neighbors and so
much of the international community to become
full partners in the endeavor will have lasting
implications for Iraq, the region,
international politics in general and US power
and influence in particular. This volume of
essays examines some of the consequences of US
engagement in Iraq and considers choices for
American policymakers that might contribute to
more favorable outcomes in Iraq and beyond.
Chapter 1.
Introduction
Authors: Ellen
Laipson and Maureen S. Steinbruner
Chapter 2. Governance and
National Unity
Author: Paul
Pillar
Chapter 3. Setting
Priorities: Security or Legitimacy in
Iraq?
Author: Barbara Bodine
Chapter 4. US Economic
and Reconstruction Assistance to Iraq:
Principles for the Next
Phase
Author: Robin Raphel
Chapter 5. The Desirability and
Downsides of Withdrawal: The Effect of US
Withdrawal on the Insurgency in
Iraq
Author: David Edelstein
Chapter 6. Securing Iraq:
The Way Ahead
Author: Michael
Eisenstadt
Chapter 7. The
Consequences of Iraq for US Influence and
Power
Author: Avis Bohlen
Chapter 8.
Multilateralism: Lessons from
Iraq
Author: Daniel Poneman
Chapter 9. Imperatives
For the International Community in
Iraq
Author: Nancy
Soderberg
Chapter 10. Putting Iraq
in a Regional and Global
Context
Author: Michael
Kraig
Chapter 11. Iraq and
America. . .and Iran: A Policy
Conundrum
Author: Ellen
Laipson
Chapter 12. Post-Combat
Stabilization and Reconstruction: The Lessons
for US Government Organization and National
Security Resource
Planning
Author: Gordon
Adams
Chapter 13. Short Term
Focus on Long Term Challenges: The
Administration
Author: Denis
McDonough
Appendix
A
Preamble, Iraqi
Constitution
Appendix
B
Authors and Iraq Working Group
Participants