The easy phase of the Iraq war is over, says a new report from FOREIGN POLICY magazine and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The part that the United States is less good at, less practiced in, and less politically ready for is the more difficult phase that determines whether Americans, and the world, will look back on the war as not just a victory but a success.

The new report, From Victory to Success: Afterwar Policy in Iraq, with articles by leading Carnegie Endowment experts, addresses the most pressing post-war issues-from political reconstruction to oil production, from U.S. legitimacy to the war's effect on Muslim moderates worldwide. It is the third in a highly regarded series of reports issued by the Carnegie Endowment on Iraq since last fall.

"The stakes are high in Iraq because if history is any guide, occupation and reconstruction will shape U.S. relations with the Arab world-and perhaps the whole Muslim world-for decades. Each side is ignorant of the other, and there is deep mutual suspicion. Achieving a positive outcome requires every ounce of wisdom, patience, and realism the United States can bring to bear," said Jessica Mathews, president of the Carnegie Endowment. "With this report, we provide a framework to help shape and assess the U.S. administration's policies in Iraq."

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The special report is now available in the July/August issue of FOREIGN POLICY and at www.foreignpolicy.com/iraq To read the previous Carnegie Endowment Iraq reports, www.ceip.org/iraq .

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