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CIAO DATE: 5/5/2007
Civilians Will Make the Difference in Iraq
Daniel Serwer
February 2007
Abstract
As vice president for peace and stability operations at the U.S. Institute of Peace, Daniel Serwer has for three years supervised a Congressionally-funded peacebuilding effort in Iraq, after a decade spent on Balkans peacebuilding efforts both at the State Department and USIP. This USIPeace Briefing, prepared as testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in early January 2007, presents his personal views, not those of the Institute, which does not take positions on specific policies.
Priority Interests Should Determine the American Course of Action
No Simple Solution
Increasing Troop Levels Will Not Suffice—A Broader Approach is Needed
Conclusions