The U.S. Occupation of Iraq: What Lessons Should be Learned?

The Coalition Provisional Authority governed occupied Iraq from April 2003 through June 2004. What did the CPA accomplish? What were its shortfalls? What lessons can be drawn from the experience that could improve the U.S. approach to overseas contingency operations?

James Dobbins of RAND and Stuart Bowen, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, have both recently published retrospective studies on the US reconstruction effort in Iraq. Join us as they address these issues and take your questions.

Speakers

• Stuart W. Bowen, Jr.
  Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction
  Lead author of Hard Lessons: The Iraq Reconstruction Experience
• James Dobbins
  Senior Fellow, RAND Corporation
  Lead author of Occupying Iraq: A History of the Coalition Provisional Authority
• Paul Hughes, Discussant
  Executive Director, Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States
• Keith Crane, Discussant
  Environment, Energy, and Economic Development Program, RAND Corporation
• Gordon Rudd, Discussant
  US Marine Corps School of Advanced Warfighting
• Daniel Serwer, Moderator
  Vice President, Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operations, U.S. Institute of Peace

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