Iraq: Government Formation and Benchmarks

Abstract

The current government is the product of a U.S.-supported election process designed to produce a democracy, although many now believe it produced a sectarian government incapable of reconciling Iraq's communities. This sentiment has grown to the point where some believe that the United States should seek a decentralized Iraq with substantial autonomy for each community. However, the Administration says that, partly as a result of the U.S. "troop surge," it is now seeing some concrete signs of political accommodation, most notably at local levels.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 31, 2008
Accession Number
ADA478954

Entities

People

  • Kenneth Katzman

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Administrative Law
  • Congress
  • Elections
  • Governments
  • Kurds
  • Law
  • Minority Groups
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Sectarian Violence
  • Security
  • Security Personnel
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • Violence

Readers

  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Systems Analysis and Design