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Early Days in Iraq: Decisions of the CPA 

Authors: L. Paul Bremer - L. Paul Bremer's diplomatic career spanned eight administrations, during which he served on the personal staff of six Secretaries of State. He was American Ambassador to the Netherlands, Ambassador at Large for Counter Terrorism, and Presidential Envoy to Iraq and Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority. He served as Chairman of the bipartisan National Commission on Terrorism and on the President's Homeland Security Advisory Commission. During his time in the private sector, Bremer served as Managing Director of Kissinger Associates and as Chairman and CEO of March Crisis Consulting.;  James Dobbins - James Dobbins is a former Assistant Secretary of State for Europe, Ambassador to the European Community, and American Special Envoy for Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan. He is currently Director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center at the RAND Corporation.; David Gompert - David C. Gompert is a Senior Fellow at the RAND Corporation and on the faculty of the US Naval Academy. He is former Senior Adviser for National Security and Defense, Iraq, and has served in senior positions in several US administrations, in private industry and at RAND.
DOI: 10.1080/00396330802328925
Publication Frequency: 6 issues per year
Published in: journal Survival, Volume 50, Issue 4 August 2008 , pages 21 - 56
Formats available: PDF (English)
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Abstract

Iraq provides an object lesson in the costs and consequences of unprepared reconstruction. The record of the Coalition Provisional Authority during its 14 months in Iraq, in particular several of its most controversial decisions, including the disbandment of the Iraqi army, the exclusion of senior Ba'ath Party members from government office, the timing and organisation of national elections, the development of an Iraqi constitution and the beginnings of economic reconstruction, is examined and critiqued in the light of best practices developed in other post-conflict operations over the last 60 years. While not all of these decisions proved optimal in the light of hindsight, they did represent reasonable choices in view of possibilities then available to the CPA leadership and, in composite, they resulted in durable political and economic reforms that offer the Iraqi people an opportunity to build a stable, prosperous and peaceful Iraq.
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