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| Foreword | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Maps | |
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| Introduction | |
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| New Tensions | |
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| Continuities | |
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| Collective-Action Dilemma | |
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| Uncertainty | |
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| Methodology | |
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| The View from Iraq | |
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| The New Iraq: The Post-2003 Upheavals and Regional Aftershocks | |
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| Changes in Post-2003 Iraq | |
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| Continuities in Post-2003 Iraq | |
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| Potential Future Trends and Their Impact on Neighbors | |
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| The Neighbors | |
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| A Transformed Relationship: Turkey and Iraq | |
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| Turkey's Policy toward Iraq and the Kurds, 1958-2009 | |
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| Turkey's New Iraq Policy and Kurdish Initiative: What Changed? | |
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| Key Agents of Change | |
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| The Limitations of the New Policy | |
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| Turkey, Iraq, and the United States: Long-Term Compatibility of Interests | |
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| Iran's Strategies and Objectives in Post-Saddam Iraq | |
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| Iran's Tortured Relations with Iraq-1921-2003 | |
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| Iran's Shi'a Card | |
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| Iran's Fears and Concerns on the Eve of the U.S. Invasion | |
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| Iran's Iraq Policy: The Two Phases | |
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| The Irony of Expanding Power through Elections | |
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| Iran Hedges Its Bets | |
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| Iran's Sphere of Influence in Southern Iraq | |
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| Iran's U.S. Strategy on the Battlegrounds of Iraq | |
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| A Thorn in Iran's Side | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Saudi-Iraq Relations: Devolving Chaos or Acrimonious Stability? | |
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| Iran, Iraq, and the Regional Balance of Power | |
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| Saudi Arabia's Sectarian Pasts and Futures | |
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| The Security Paradox | |
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| Sources of Saudi Arabia's Leverage over the United States | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Iraq and Its Gulf Arab Neighbors: Avoiding Risk, Seeking Opportunity | |
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| Background | |
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| The Gulf Arabs' Security Vision | |
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| Strategic Options for the Gulf Arabs | |
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| The Hard Truths about Gulf Security | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Syria and the New Iraq: Between Rivalry and Rapprochement | |
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| A Relations Roller Coaster | |
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| A Long History of Animosity and Mistrust | |
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| Syrian Interests and Threat Perceptions in Iraq | |
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| Syrian Vectors of Influence in Iraq | |
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| Compatibility with U.S. Interests | |
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| Coming to Terms: Jordan's Embrace of Post-Saddam Iraq | |
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| Jordan's Interests and Threat Perceptions | |
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| Jordan's Interests: Unchanged and Newfound | |
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| Compatibility of Jordanian and U. S. Interests-Past, Present, and Future | |
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| Jordan-Iraqi Relations: Future Sources of Tension | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Iraq, Arab Politics, and the Regional Order: Lessons Learned | |
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| The New Iraq and Arab Political Reform: Drawing New Boundaries (and Reinforcing Old Ones) | |
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| Iraq and the Strengthening of Arab Sectarian Divides | |
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| Iraq and Opposition Alliances in the Arab World | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Ties that Bind: The United States, Iraq, and the Neighbors | |
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| What's in It for the United States? | |
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| An End in Itself or a Means to an End? | |
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| Diplomacy as Leverage | |
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| Diplomatic Geometry | |
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| Protecting the Neighbors from Iraq | |
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| The Wider Aperture | |
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| Index | |
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| Contributors | |