U S Policy Options for Iraq A Reassessment 1st Edition by Olga Oliker, Rand Corporation ISBN 128118117X 9786611181178 by Olga Oliker 0833041681, 9780833041685 instant download after payment.

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ISBN 10: 128118117X 

ISBN 13: 9786611181178

Author: Olga Oliker, Rand Corporation

Iraq is the most pressing national security issue facing the United States today. This book evaluates the costs and benefits of five alternative strategies the United States could pursue in Iraq. The authors argue that, as long as the United States remains in Iraq, policy actions must focus on improving the security of Iraq's population by reducing violence. They offer recommendations for ways in which U.S. political, security, and economic policies in Iraq could be better geared to support this goal, though they emphasize the challenges inherent in this endeavor. Specific recommendations focus on embedding and vetting efforts for both forces and government structures and on targeting economic assistance more effectively. The authors also suggest policies that might be implemented if violence subsides-but that should not be undertaken unless and until it does. The book concludes with a discussion of next steps if the United States decides to withdraw from Iraq, arguing that the United States needs to prepare now to mitigate the effects of failure.

Table of contents:

1. Cover

2. Preface

3. Contents

4. Summary

5. Acknowledgments

6. Abbreviations

7. Chapter One - Introduction

8. The Problem of Iraq

9. The Situation Today

10. Chapter Two - Defining and Assessing Alternative Strategies for Iraq

11. Employ Overwhelming Force

12. Pick, and Back, Winners

13. Partition

14. Leave

15. Maintain Current Efforts

16. From Strategy to Policy

17. Chapter Three - Political Suasion

18. Maintain a National Unity Government

19. Engaging Iraq's Neighbors

20. Chapter Four - Security: Targeting Aid and Influence

21. Get the Ministry of Interior Under Control

22. Improve Policing

23. Police Organization and Recruiting

24. Law and Order

25. Reduce Financial Flows to Militias and Other Illegal Groups

26. Coalition Force Employment

27. Balance Baghdad and the Rest of Iraq

28. Public Information

29. Chapter Five - How Economic Policies Can Help

30. Liberalize Refined Oil Product Prices

31. Improve the Operations of the Oil Ministry

32. Concentrate U.S. Grant Aid on the Security Sector and Improving Iraqi Government Operations

33. Follow "Clear and Hold" Operations with Local Projects, Not Make-work Job Programs

34. Give the Iraqi Government Credit

35. Chapter Six - Policy Priorities If — and Only if — Violence Declines

36. Politics and Security

37. Economic Policies

38. Chapter Seven - Next Steps If Violence Fails to Decline

39. When Is It Time to Go Home?

40. How Should We Leave?

41. What Would Be the Repercussions of Withdrawal?

42. What Could the United States Do to Mitigate the Repercussions of Withdrawal?

43. References

44. Resumen

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