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Reviews UN efforts to transform eight unstable countries into democratic, peaceful, and prosperous partners, and compares those missions with U.S. nation-building operations. The UN provides the most suitable institutional framework for nation-building missions that require fewer than 20,000 men-one with a comparatively low cost structure, a comparatively high success rate, and the greatest degree of international legitimacy

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. (Survival / SWP)

Despite the cheering at the time, the fall of Baghdad, & Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein with it, was of course not the end of the war. Three major challenges were waiting to be addressed: (1) providing security for the Iraqis; (2) opening the way for a more humane, open, & democratic Iraqi society; & (3) reviving the country's sagging economy. The US-led coalition military was responsible for security, & the CPA (Coalition Provisional Authority) had to face the later two. Security soon became a war in itself, with Sunnis & Shi'ites at each other's throats. Iraqi oil revenues were inadequate to fund the government & the broken infrastructure, much less the needed security actions. A growing number of Iraqis stopped cheering & started shaking their fists. The challenges were greater & more numerous than had been anticipated by anyone, & therefore so were preparations. This paper analyzes the day-by-day & month-by-month decisions of the CPA. Were they right, were they wrong, or were they the best that could be expected under the circumstances? The authors conclude that "Iraq provides an object lesson on the costs & consequences of unprepared nation-building. Adapted from the source document.

Chapter One Introduction/1. - Chapter Two Theory and Lessons of History/ 21. - Chapter Three U.S. and Chinese Interests and Sea Power in the Western Pacific/ 69. - Chapter Four Technological Change/ 119. - Chapter Five Regional Maritime Security/ 155. - Chapter Six Conclusions and Recommendations/ 181