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...Makiya explained that opponents of democratization believe that the process would destabilize the entire Persian Gulf region and that the U.S. would need to rely excessively on rebel groups in Iraq...
...Makiya and his colleagues have prepared a proposal he calls a “road map” for democratization for the state department’s Democratic Principles Workshop and its “Future of Iraq Initiative...
...Makiya has been in contact with the department’s key Iraq policy advisor, Ryan Crocker, who has served as a U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Syria, Lebanon, Iran and Qatar...
...There is an interest in democratizing, and the question is how to get it,” Makiya said. “It has been expressly left to Iraqis to figure out.... [Our report] may not be what the [U.S.] government wanted, but it’s what leading Iraqis for democracy want...
...Makiya has written prolifically on the subject of his birthplace. He said his first two books, Republic of Fear (1989) and The Monument (1991), were written under the pseudonym “Samir al-Khalil” out of fear for his and his family’s livelihood. Republic of Fear became a best-seller after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait...