Strategic reset

Strategic reset was a policy framework designed to stop counterproductive U.S. engagement in a fragmenting Iraq and to strengthen the United States' stance throughout the Middle East. In military terms, "reset" refers to "a series of actions to restore units to a desired level of combat capability commensurate with future mission requirements."

The proposal advocates harnessing U.S. military, economic, and diplomatic power to protect critical national security interests rather than expending this power in efforts to accommodate political progress amid multiple internal and external conflicts in Iraq. The plan for strategic reset entails four key measures:

acknowledging Iraq's political and demographic fragmentation
implementing prompt phased military redeployment
establishing local and regional methods for improving security and diplomacy in the Middle East
developing a functional strategy to resolve the Arab–Israeli conflict.

The framework was set forth in a 2007 report by the Center for American Progress, a progressive think tank based in Washington, D.C.

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