Power Sharing and its Discontents:
The Challenge of Constructing a Permanent Iraqi Constitution

AU's Center for Global Peace brought Iraqi political and religious leaders together with policymakers and academic experts for an international conference on the formidable challenges of sharing power and constructing a viable Iraqi constitution.

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Papers:

The Barzani Talabani Letter to President Bush
Interim Constitution Adequate Platform
Phillips - Power Sharing
Tanner - Power Sharing Arrangements
Galbraith - How to Get Out of Iraq

Dr. Benjamin Ladner, president of American University; H.E. Sheikh Ghazi Al-Yawar, Interim President of Iraq; Professor Abdul Aziz Said, Mohammed Said Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace and Director, AU Center for Global Peace (from left to right)

Mahmud Ali Osman, Iraqi Governing Council; H.E. Nesreen Barwari, Minister of Municipalities and Public Works, Iraq; Prof. Abdul Aziz Said and Prof. Carole A. O'Leary, AU Center for Global Peace; Ghassan Al-Atiyyah, Iraq Foundation for Development and Democracy (from left to right)