Brookings Report: A New Strategy for America in Iraq

Author: Kenneth M. Pollack, Director of Research, Saban Center for Middle East Policy
February 14, 2006

This study provides an alternative, comprehensive approach for American strategy in Iraq. It begins with the assumption that although the current U.S. approach isencountering considerable difficulties and appears unlikely to produce a stable Iraq within the next two to five years the alternative proposed by some Bush Administration critics—a rapid withdrawal—would also not serve U.S. interests. While many thoughtful experts and policymakers have attempted to offer a realistic third course of action, none have so far succeeded in doing so. This report proposes such a strategy.

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