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The United States seems committed to withdrawing its forces from Iraq by the end of 2011. Experts worry that the relative calm since mid-2007 might not last once US troops depart. Indeed, there are serious questions about whether Iraq can be a viable state in the long run. If Iraq becomes a cockpit of instability, as it was during the first four years following the US invasion, the implications for the region are ominous. Unfortunately, the factors that cause turbulence, including Kurdish secessionist aspirations and simmering Sunni-Shiite tensions, are largely beyond the control of the United States.

Ted Galen Carpenter is vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute and author of Smart Power: Toward a Prudent Foreign Policy for America.

Ted Galen Carpenter, vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute, is the author of seven books and more than 350 articles on international issues. He is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Mediterranean Quarterly.

Ted Galen Carpenter is vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute.

Ted Galen Carpenter, vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute, is the author or editor of seventeen books on international affairs, including Peace and Freedom: Foreign Policy for a Constitutional Republic.