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Iraq: The Right Road to Sovereignty in Iraq

Marina Ottaway and Thomas Carothers (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) examine the situation preceeding the 2005 elections, with the pressure from the US administration that made elections a requisite for Iraqi sovereignty. They illustrate the dangers of an extremely accelerated electoral timetable, of early elections in postconflict situations that can produce unstable results and favor radical groups over still-emergent moderate forces.

Policybrief27_000.pdf — PDF document, 821Kb

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