Democracy Promotion

Faith Of An Interventionist: McCain On The US Mission To The World
Not much like American sovereignty and not much like democracy, for that matter, I’ll wager. Despite all the sugar-tongued talk of “democracy promotion” and our common cultural values. We should start by ensuring that the G-8, ...

Axl Rose of Guns N Roses comments on Chinese Democracy album ...
Commented Axl Rose in a statement: We are surprised and very happy to have the support of Dr. Pepper with our album, ‘Chinese Democracy’, as for us this came totally out of the blue. If there is any involvement with this promotion by ...

2008: Obama and Palestine, Plus “Dignity Promotion” Rebuttal
... to be optimistic about Barack Obama’s candidacy and what it may mean for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Meanwhile, here’sa conservative critique from Daniel Larison of the Obama foreign policy team’s “dignity promotion” idea.

Obama squirming (Chickens coming home to roost above -- via Doug ...
a doctrine that first ends the politics of fear and then moves beyond a hollow, sloganeering democracy promotion agenda in favor of dignity promotion, to fix the conditions of misery that breed anti-Americanism and prevent liberty, ...

Morning Update: McCain a “Realistic Idealist”
Calling for democracy promotion in the region, McCain said US officials can “no longer delude ourselves that relying on these outdated autocracies is the safest bet.” Summing up his foreign policy views, McCain said he is a “realistic ...

John McCain on Europe
... common market tying our economies more closely together, addressing the dangers posed by a revanchist Russia, and institutionalizing our cooperation on issues such as climate change, foreign assistance, and democracy promotion. ...

Monster Mistake
At any rate, check out Samantha Power provide a nuanced take on the inadequacies and even counterproductive strategy of American democracy promotion in the video clip below. Watch it. And click here to read her blog.

Villainous Company: Hope, Realism and the Obama Doctrine
I believe in freedom and democracy promotion, but the United States cannot free the entire world single-handed. Where is the much-vaunted realism steely-eyed Progressives have been calling for now? It appears to be a function of ...

Axl Rose Responds To Dr. Pepper Promotion
Axl Rose has responded to Dr. Pepper’s promotion that would give everyone a free Dr. Pepper (except Slash and guitarist Buckethead) if the GNR decade long Chinese Democracy ever sees the light of day. Axl had this to say in...

Beta Democracy 2.0 -A Discussion On Fiji.
The article opens with an obtuse generalization stating that: “Fijian protocol must be respected in the promotion of the People’s Charter”. It is no doubt that the article has the finger prints of Fiji Sun's acting publisher, ...