by Daniel L. Byman and Kenneth M. Pollack

About the authors: Daniel L. Byman is an assistant professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University and a nonresident senior fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. Kenneth M. Pollack is director of research at the Saban Center and the author of The Threatening Storm: The Case for Invading Iraq.

What should the government of Iraq after Saddam Hussein look like? The U.S. government has worked feverishly to address the problem—creating working groups and planning cells, formulating options, and discussing ideas with U.S. allies while pundits and analysts in the media, think tanks, and academia have further identified this issue as a vital one to ensure that peace in Iraq and in the region is...