Iraq: Politics, Elections, and Benchmarks

[摘要] This report provides an overview of Iraq's political transition from the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein to a plural polity that encompasses varying sects and ideological and political factions. This report also addresses ongoing governmental instabilities and their causes, as well as U.S. concerns about possible Iranian influence in Iraq as U.S. forces depart the country.

[发布日期] 2010-12-22 [发布机构] Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

[关键词] Foreign policy;Foreign relations -- Iraq -- U.S.;Foreign relations -- U.S. -- Iraq;Military occupation -- U.S. -- Iraq;Military withdrawal