New Wars in Iraq: Making Compromises to Keep a Country Whole:
"As the countdown to the handover of power in Iraq enters its final six months, American officials are focusing on how to create a working democracy. They are trying to walk a fine line between giving ethnic and religious groups the territory, resources and autonomy they demand, and ensuring that such power does not give rise to dangerous nationalisms."

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/04/weekinreview/04wong.html?pagewanted=all&position=