Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 06/2014

The U.S. Role in Iraq's Postelection Politics

Michael Knights

April 2014

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Abstract

Washington has rightfully avoided backing a candidate in next week's elections, but it should still use counterterrorism assistance and other levers to push Baghdad on pluralism and KRG oil revenue sharing during the presumably lengthy transition period.