Smart Practice Development Administration in Iraq and other High Security Risk Nations: Lessons from Colonial Experience

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  • Donald E. Klingner
  • L. R. Jones

Abstract

Outcomes of armed conflict in Afghanistan and Iraq indicate that the U.S. has been unprepared to fully address the panoply of problems related to establishment of social and economic stability, security and governance in the aftermath of war. How the war against terrorism should be fought is an issue beyond the scope of this article. However, if U.S. policy makers are to succeed in obtaining stability, security and good governance in these nations and in other parts of the world where significant development assistance is provided to highly unstable nations, they should learn lessons from past U.S. colonial experience, and from the experience of other nations. Such context include U.S. colonial administration of the Philippines after the Spanish- American War, the administration of the British Empire in India, the occupations of Germany and Japan after World War II and European colonization of Africa. Lessons from these cases, good and bad, may be examined in attempt to identify elements of what we term “smart practice” neo-colonial administration. No claim is made here that the U.S. is operating as a colonial power in Iraq. Rather, our argument is that lessons may be learned from colonial experience that are applicable to Iraq and other high security risk nations where development and reconstruction is badly needed.

Author Biographies

Donald E. Klingner

Donald E. Klingner is Professor in the Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

L. R. Jones

L. R. Jones is Wagner Professor of Public Management in the Graduate School of Business and Public Policy, Naval Postgraduate School.

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Klingner, D. E., & Jones, L. R. (2014). Smart Practice Development Administration in Iraq and other High Security Risk Nations: Lessons from Colonial Experience. International Public Management Review, 5(1), 41–57. Retrieved from https://ipmr.net/index.php/ipmr/article/view/141

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