Democracy Promotion

a foreign policy Q&A with Obama
Q. Do you believe democracy promotion should be a primary US goal? If so, how would you achieve it? How would you balance democracy and human rights priorities against other strategic needs in the case of countries including Egypt, ...

NYT’s Promotion of Keller’s Book Fails
The New York Times book reviews are among the most coveted by authors. While many books, especially from conservative writers, are ignored or given short or partisan shrift, but due to popular demand become bestsellers, ...

Assessing a New Wave in Pakistan
In terms of democracy promotion, Kissinger urges the US to keep in mind that while it is important to convey our democratic values, “the evolution of the immediate political process is beyond our reach.” ...

Kem Sokha: The Prime Minister Is Hindering Democracy
Mr Kem Sokha said: “First I would like him to support that debate because it is important for the promotion of democracy, promotion of the value of the electoral process and to provide a better opportunity for the people. ...

Latin American Answers to Hemispheric Questions
Objectives that transcend national borders, such as recent priorities of democracy promotion and tackling terrorism, are in conflict with the long established principle of non-intervention and the sovereign rights of the American ...

The Anti-Empire Report
And last year the Washington Post informed us that Chester Crocker, former Assistant Secretary of State and current member of the State Department's Advisory Committee on Democracy Promotion, noted that we have to be able to cope with ...

The Future of Human Rights--Now Available
The thirteen essays in this volume provide thematic assessments of the current state of global human rights programs as well as prescriptions for future human rights policy, with topics including democracy promotion, women's rights, ...

Four Principles for (President) Obama to Restore American Honour
The doctrine of dignity is more important than democracy promotion. Imposing democracy through force does not work because it shows a lack of awareness of the indignity people feel about foreign occupiers. Just ask the people of Iraq. ...

Women drivers
Therefore, the neo-conservative view - held not just by neo-conservatives, however - that their democracy promotion will liberate women from the shackles of repressive Islamic customs is wholly inaccurate.

Enough with "Experience" already!
In December 2006, President Bush signed into law the Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act, marking the first federal legislation to be enacted with Obama as its primary sponsor ...