TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gompert,David C.
AU  - Kelly,Terrence K.
AU  - Watkins,Jessica
ED  - National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Security in Iraq: a framework for analyzing emerging threats as U.S. forces leave 
T2  - Rand Corporation monograph series
AV  - UA853.I75 G66 2010eb
U1  - 355/.0330567 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Santa Monica, CA
PB  - RAND
KW  - United States
KW  - Armed Forces
KW  - National security
KW  - Iraq
KW  - Internal security
KW  - Iraq War, 2003-2011
KW  - Disengagement (Military science)
KW  - Military policy
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 2003-
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - "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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
N2  - 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
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/zegu/Doc?id=10425086
ER  -