The document presented is an analytical paper entitled "Unfinished Business: A U.S. Strategy for Moving Iraq Forward," prepared by the Brookings Institution's Saban Center for Near East Policy and translated by the Iraqi Institute for Dialog.

"The report, published in 2011, represents the conclusion of a surprising convergence of views among U.S. analysts on U.S. policy in Iraq, asserting that Iraq's domestic policies are key to the country's long-term stability and should be Washington's absolute priority."

The report stresses the need for the United States to tie its aid and continued influence to conditional standards that encourage good governance and transparency, and to reach a new Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) that preserves its vital interests, the most important of which is to stave off an all-out civil war in Iraq.