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This paper examines Syria's potential role in the stabilization and reconstruction of post-Saddam Iraq. The author argues that Syria's proximity to Iraq and US counterinsurgency woes there have enhanced President Bashar al-Assad's regime security. According to him, while absorbing and otherwise accommodating Iraqi refugees remains an immense political and economic challenge for Damascus, the fact that Syria's cooperation is essential to establishing stability in Iraq would seem to guarantee it a place at the table.