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All items tagged democracy promotionOpen Think Tank ArticlesMarch 23, 2012 | NATO and the Arab Spring: Democracy Promotion and Security Sector ReformAlexander Corbeil: Given NATO’s linkages to Arab states through the Mediterranean Dialogue, the Alliance should actively support the transition to democracy in post-Arab Spring countries by utilizing its various resources in the realms of institutional creation, democracy promotion, and security sector reform. ... MoreFebruary 17, 2011 | Egypt's Revolution is Europe's ReawakeningGillian Kennedy: As the revolution rapidly unfolds in Egypt, many are looking to the United States to take the lead on the international diplomatic response. Europe, however, unlike the US, has more to gain and is better suited to take advantage of this opportunity, to actively promote democratization in Egypt. ... MoreOctober 20, 2008 | "Weblogistan" Key to Democratization in IranSepideh Parsa: The Islamic Republic is strangling the media landscape, crippling the democratic pillar of free speech. Censorship has given rise to the Iranian blogosphere. These blogs pave the way for democratic progress. The West should provide technological expertise to help Weblogistan flourish. ... MoreSeptember 3, 2008 | Repairing America's Image Abroad Will Take TimeMark Brzezinski & Lanny A. Breuer: The US government abuses the law and ignores human rights in the name of security; this shapes the American image abroad and undermines strategic US objectives. American credibility as a standard setter in human rights suffered a major setback. It will take time to repair this damage. ... MoreAugust 21, 2008 | A Common US-EU Strategy of Democracy Promotion is FeasibleChristine Otsver: A joint US-EU strategy of external democracy promotion is possible but it has to be clearly segregated in order to be effective. ... MoreJuly 4, 2008 | A League of Democracies is Not a Good IdeaThomas Carothers: The US needs to recover the international legitimacy it has lost and continue promoting democracy. Yet an exclusive and excluding League of Democracies would be an ineffective tool. Indeed, too many democratic governments are unwilling to follow the US and challenge national sovereignty in the name of democracy. ... MoreMay 5, 2008 | Gorbachev Number Two: Dmitry MedvedevAndreas Umland: Sooner or later it is to be expected that Medvedev’s deeper political beliefs – his apparently liberal and democratic views – will come to the fore. ... MoreMay 16, 2007 | The Russia Conundrum: EU and US Should Cooperate with the "Imitation Democracy"Alexander Graf Lambsdorff: I find that Russia must be encouraged to participate in European democracy. The EU and US must realize that interdependence with Russia can offer benefits beyond status quo diplomacy. ... MoreGlobal Must Read ArticlesMarch 8, 2012 | Dr. Marina Ottaway, Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceBefore joining the Carnegie Endowment, Dr. Ottaway carried out research in Africa and in the Middle East for many years and taught at the University of Addis Ababa, the University of Zambia, the American University in Cairo, and the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. October 24, 2011 | The Reluctance of Rising DemocraciesRising democracies are reluctant to support UN resolutions condemning authoritarian regimes. ++ India, Brazil and South Africa are opposed to democracy promotion partly out of economic self-interest, partly as a sign of protest against past hypocritical Western policies. ++ As rising democracies undergo rapid economic growth, they can afford to disregard international law. ++ Instead of appealing ... MoreJuly 26, 2011 | Arab Spring Should Avoid Russian ModelWhen new Arab leaders in Egypt and Tunisia take office, they ought to learn from Russia’s corruption-plagued transition from the USSR. ++ They can avoid a similar fate by initiating the transparent privatization of state economic property, the modernization of commercial laws, and the opening of nearly every sector to foreign investment. ++ The economic and political vitality of the Arab ... MoreJuly 22, 2009 | US Should Condition Georgian AidObama’s firm support for Georgia is good, but Joe Biden’s visit this week is a chance for a big US foreign policy win. ++ “The US should tell Saakashvili that future economic aid is dependent on an end to his increasingly authoritarian, corrupt and undemocratic rule.” ++ Encouraging Georgia’s democratic opposition would ensure that US dollars are not wasted on a failing regime, strengthen ... MoreApril 16, 2009 | Make Institutions Stronger to Stabilize South East AsiaThe unconstitutional rule of Commodore Bainimarama in Fiji and the mayhem in Thailand reinforced the fragility of democracy in South East Asia.++ The problem of young democracies is a lack of restraining institutions to ensure the elected government’s interest to govern.++ Favoring elections as a benchmark for democracy, the West encouraged unviable regimes that lack both the capacity of ... MoreJanuary 9, 2009 | Internet Becomes Anti-corruption Tool in ChinaLast year Chinese officials held a record number of press conferences. ++ For the first time Chinese president Hu Jintao joined a chat on a news portal. ++ Vice mayor Li Ou hosts one of the most popular Chinese blogs. ++ This, along with online debates on proposed laws, shows Chinese confidence in improved, transparent governance. ++ But Internet outcries over corrupt officials, while sometimes ... MoreOctober 13, 2008 | Hope for Warlordism in Afghanistan, Not DemocracyThe Taliban are losing battles in Afghanistan but are winning the war. ++ The situation looks grimmer now than ever before. ++ The war looks it can’t be won, but we must keep trying. ++ NATO can’t win alone, but it should help the Afghan army defend its government - if it’s willing. ++ A civil war could possibly be a key step before being able to reach any kind of agreement ... MoreSeptember 3, 2008 | US Has to Adjust To the Shift in Global PowerWhereas the two last US administrations had a chance to assume American hegemony in economics and security, the chief task of the next one will be to adjust to the global shift in power and gracefully manage diminishing American influence. ++ The US will not be able to show as much arrogance in international relations now that its influence is waning and new powers are emerging. ++ The next ... MoreJune 11, 2008 | "The New American Realism" Fairs Well in the EUSome may be tempted to ignore Bush during his final tour of Europe, a US President on his way out does not need the same attention as one on his way in. ++ Bush’s presidency, however, has marked an epoch-making shift: the emphasis of US diplomacy moved away from stability concerns and toward the spread democratic freedom; an emphasis that is strengthening the Atlantic ... MoreMay 14, 2008 | Bolstering the West With a League of DemocraciesWith new ideological competition in global politics, the formation of a ‘League of Democracies’ could prove pivotal in continuing the West’s export of value systems and developmental models. ++ Some fear that a concert of democracies will create new Cold War-like tensions or supplant the UN’s security function. ++ Such a league could however, operate in areas where other ... MoreApril 21, 2008 | The Time Has Come for EU Democracy PromotionThe EU has been successful in promoting democracy among the states that aspire to join. ++ Given this success, Europeans should work to promote liberal democracy beyond Europe’s borders. ++ The EU must agree on what it wants to do and how it defines democracy, which can be best accomplished through a European consensus on democracy. ++ A shared EU approach rather than a single policy would be a ... MoreApril 17, 2008 | The EU Is Putting Turkish Democracy at RiskThe EU’s treatment of Turkish democracy is “more functional and opportunistic than principled.” ++ In its recent condemnation of the Turkish judiciary, the EU wrongly interpreted secularism as a threat to democracy while simultaneously disregarding the rule of law, separation of powers, and independence of the judiciary. ++ Accession negotiations and pulling Turkey toward the EU are more ... MoreJanuary 21, 2008 | Democracy: On the Decline?Freedom House’s annual review revealed that 2007 was yet another year in which worldwide freedom declined. While this report is discouraging, too much weight must not be placed on the events of a single year and there are still reasons to remain optimistic for democracy’s long term future. First of all, “most people in most places still want democracy” and are willing to take huge risks in order ... MoreJuly 20, 2007 | US Power Propagation Endangers EU Democracy PromotionDavid Mathieson and Richard Youngs of Madrid’s FRIDE connect the European left’s declining commitment to democratization with perception of American foreign policy. For Mathieson and Youngs, the sense that America uses democracy promotion as a “cloak for [US] power propagation” is jeopardizing one of the benchmarks of European liberalism. April 30, 2007 | GMFUS Foreign Policy Director Glenn Briefs Congress on Transatlantic RelationsGerman Marshall Fund Director of Foreign Policy John K. Glenn testifies before the US House of Representatives subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight, drawing from data and analyses from GMFUS annual report, “Transatlantic Trends.” Glenn reports that though European opinion polls since 2002 have shown consistent decline in favorability towards America, Europeans ... MoreApril 2, 2007 | Crisis Group Calls For Continued Engagement After Congo ElectionsAfter the first democratic elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in forty years, International Crisis Group writes that it is now up to President Kabila and the international community to lead reconstruction efforts in this transitional period of peacebuilding. The UN mission MONUC, together with the EU Mission’s “Governance Compact” and the World Bank, must tackle the problems at ... 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