Critical National and Regional Infrastructures

F. Gregory Gause, III

University of Vermont
December, 2002


Abstract

In any post-conflict Iraqi environment, whether there are high levels of destruction or low levels of destruction, the United States will be responsible for a range of immediate tasks to stabilize the security situation, restore basic economic life and safeguard or restore the energy infrastructure. While some of these tasks are technical (eg., restoring electricity), most will have a political element that might not be apparent at first glance. This political element has two aspects.

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