Definition of "position paper" []

• A detailed policy report that usually explains, justifies, or recommends a particular course of action. (noun)
• See aide-mémoire. (noun)

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• "Together with Richard Perle, in 1996 they even wrote a position paper for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that made the bizarre suggestion that Israel should encourage the Hashemite monarchy of Jordan “to control Iraq.”"