Iraq and the United States : creating a strategic partnership /
Cordesman, Anthony H.
Iraq and the United States : creating a strategic partnership / Anthony H. Cordesman, Adam Mausner, Elena Derby. - Washington, DC : Center for Strategic and International Studies, c2010. - xxiii, 369 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Key security, political, and economic issues -- The uncertain security environment in Iraq -- Arab-Kurdish tensions : political accommodation versus the possibility of conflict and dividing the Iraqi security forces -- The Sunni insurgency and Sunni politics -- The uncertain security and politics of the south -- The role of external powers : Iraqi attitudes toward outside states and companies -- The uncertain politics of the national election and forming a viable government -- The costs and risks of dependence on the petroleum sector -- The broader range of economic challenges and "threats" -- Iraqi reconstruction funding -- Shaping the character of U.S. withdrawal -- The Ministry of Defense and Iraqi military forces -- The Ministry of Interior, Iraqi Police and Internal Security Forces -- U.S. support of Iraqi Security Forces : "the paradigm shift" -- The Iraqi-U.S. strategic framework agreement : U.S. troop withdrawal and the shift to aid and advisory services.
9780892065950 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0892065958 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2010024413
United States--Foreign relations--Iraq.
Iraq--Foreign relations--United States.
Postwar reconstruction--Iraq.
Iraq--Politics and government--2003-
414 DS 79.769 / C794i 2010
355/.031097309567
Iraq and the United States : creating a strategic partnership / Anthony H. Cordesman, Adam Mausner, Elena Derby. - Washington, DC : Center for Strategic and International Studies, c2010. - xxiii, 369 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Key security, political, and economic issues -- The uncertain security environment in Iraq -- Arab-Kurdish tensions : political accommodation versus the possibility of conflict and dividing the Iraqi security forces -- The Sunni insurgency and Sunni politics -- The uncertain security and politics of the south -- The role of external powers : Iraqi attitudes toward outside states and companies -- The uncertain politics of the national election and forming a viable government -- The costs and risks of dependence on the petroleum sector -- The broader range of economic challenges and "threats" -- Iraqi reconstruction funding -- Shaping the character of U.S. withdrawal -- The Ministry of Defense and Iraqi military forces -- The Ministry of Interior, Iraqi Police and Internal Security Forces -- U.S. support of Iraqi Security Forces : "the paradigm shift" -- The Iraqi-U.S. strategic framework agreement : U.S. troop withdrawal and the shift to aid and advisory services.
9780892065950 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0892065958 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2010024413
United States--Foreign relations--Iraq.
Iraq--Foreign relations--United States.
Postwar reconstruction--Iraq.
Iraq--Politics and government--2003-
414 DS 79.769 / C794i 2010
355/.031097309567