Democracy Promotion

My Speech in US Senate
The purpose of the hearing was to look at the status on Iran’s nuclear weapons capabilities, European negotiations and the UN Security Council, and the feasibility of further negotiations, democracy promotion, sanctions, and/or military ...

We Crush Democracy
The people who love all the killing and destruction in Iraq would have you believe (in the absence of WMD) that the promotion of democracy is our number one priority. Of course, that's only so long as the Republicans like the outcome of ...

The New Politics of Political Aid in Venezuela
In his June 8, 2006 testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, entitled “Promotion of Democracy by Nongovernmental Organizations: An Action Agenda,” Palmer called for the “radical strengthening of our primary frontline ...

The Day After: Stunning Performance
The following is a brief analysis from Fr Jojo M. Fung, SJ: The political tsunami has hit and hit hard, with Kedah, Kelantan, Perak, Selangor and Penang delivered to the oppositions by Malaysians who believe in a multiparty democracy ...

TITLE I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES
... the memory of our heroes, the duly constituted authorities, the laws of our country, and the principles and institutions of democracy; (6) Participate actively in civic affairs and in the promotion of the general welfare, ...

Dan Burton editorial in Miami Herald
Leaders who choose to promote peace and democracy over terrorism and war should be applauded and rewarded. This is why the US Congress' decision to hold up the Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, which was renegotiated to include ...

The Heroin Lobby, Part 2
Certain officials in this country are engaged in treason against the United States and its interests and its national security, she said during an August 2005 interview on Democracy Now. That comment followed 60 Minutes' revelation ...

TV: Goodman and Rose 'honoring' bad TV past
Like Our Lady of Perpetual Self-Promotion, John Nichols hammers the nails for his own coffin and there he was Friday on Amy Goodman's Democracy Somtimes! (soon to be renamed Bambi's Hour Of Power!) acting like such a fool and such a ...

articles
Democracy is inevitable in Bhutan and cannot be stopped by the regime for long, since the idea of democracy has already been accepted by a large section of Bhutanese people including Sharchhops and ruling Ngalongs. Expectation ...

The State of the Nation: A Response
Fortunately, with the support of my ex-Rhodesian parents, I came to understand just how important freedom was to the majority of South Africans and how unique the South African passage to democracy had been when compared with the ...