Chapter
Agreement on a New Government Reached (“Irbil Agreement”)
2010-2014 Government Formed10
UNRESOLVED SCHISMS AND POST-U.S. WITHDRAWAL POLITICAL COLLAPSE
Centralization of Power Disputes/Security Ministry Appointments
Security Ministerial Appointments
National Council for Strategic Policies Dispute
Broader Sunni Community Grievances and Reactions
Sunni Moves to Form Separate Regions
Sunni Insurgent Violence/Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQ-I)
KRG-Central Government Disputes/Combined Security Mechanism15
Territorial Issues/“Disputed Internal Boundaries”
Combined Security Mechanism at Kurd-Arab Frontier
The Sadr Faction’s Continuing Ambition and Agitation
Post-U.S. Withdrawal Political Crisis
The Crisis Abates but Defies Easy Resolution
Effect of the Crisis on Upcoming Elections
RELATED GOVERNANCE ISSUES
National Oil Laws and Other Pending Laws/Budget
2011 Arab Spring-Related Demonstrations
Protest-Prompted Governmental Reforms
General Human Rights Issues
Media and Free Expression
Religious Freedom/Situation of the Christian Religious Minority
Iranian Opposition: People’s Mojahedin/Camp Ashraf and PJAK
U.S. MILITARY WITHDRAWAL AND POST-2011 POLICY
Question of whether U.S. Forces Would Remain beyond 2011
U.S. Efforts to Convince Iraq to Request a Continued U.S. Military Presence
President Obama Announces Decision on Full Withdrawal
The Post-Withdrawal Presence
Structure of the Post-Troop Security Relationship
Office of Security Cooperation-Iraq (OSC-I)
Police Development Program
The Diplomatic and Economic Relationship
The State Department as Lead Agency
Regional Reinforcement Capability
Chapter 2 IRAQ REPORT: POLITICAL FRAGMENTATION AND CORRUPTION STYMIE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND POLITICAL PROGRESS
VISA PROCESSES FOR AMERICAN BUSINESSMEN
HELPING U.S. FIRMS NAVIGATE IRAQ
HELPING U.S. FIRMS NAVIGATE IRAQ
OIL PRODUCTION GROWING, BUT ...
A ROSIER VIEW FROM THE IRAQI KURDISTAN REGION
COST OF THE MISSION MAY BE ITS DEATH KNELL
APPENDIX I—ISSUES TO BE REGULATED BY LAW UNDER THE IRAQ CONSTITUTION19
Chapter 3 TESTIMONY OF BRETT H. MCGURK, COLUMBIA SCHOOL OF LAW. HEARING ON “SECURITY ISSUES RELATING TO IRAQ”†
Chapter 4 TESTIMONY OF KENNETH M. POLLACK, DIRECTOR, SABAN CENTER FOR MIDDLE EAST POLICY, THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION. HEARING ON “SECURITY ISSUES RELATING TO IRAQ”
IRAQ’S PERSISTENT PROBLEMS
SCENARIOS FOR THE FUTURE OF IRAQ
Muddling through, Perhaps Ultimately Upward
AMERICAN PRIORITIES AND IRAQI DOMESTIC POLITICS
THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT
Protecting Iraq from Regional Threats
Conducting Counterterrorism Operations
American Arms Sales to Iraq
Chapter 5 IRAQ COUNTRY PROFILE
Principal Officials of the Iraqi Government
Major Political Parties and Organizations and Leaders
Smaller Parties and Organizations and Leaders
Minority Parties and Organizations and Leaders
Iraq Under Nuri al-Maliki: Developments and Dysfunctions
( Politics and Economics of the Middle East )
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