The overly enthusiastic embrace of "democracy promotion" by the Bush administration could have smothered that phrase for years to come. But fortunately, Obama has resisted temptations to abandon it.
Javier Corrales | Posted 11.04.2009 | World
This week, the United States helped bring an end to a serious political crisis in Honduras. A similar crisis is now brewing in Nicaragua, but this time, the United States won't be as lucky.
Arundhati Roy | Posted 11.27.2009 | World
What happens now that democracy and the free market have fused into a single predatory organism with a thin, constricted imagination that revolves almost entirely around the idea of maximizing profit?
Neil Hicks | Posted 11.23.2009 | World
There is no necessary connection between soft-pedaling democracy promotion and advancing core American interests. Failing to advance democracy is in itself harmful to these interests.
Diane Tucker | Posted 10.01.2009 | World
Every two or three years, there has been a wave of protests like this in Iran. But this time I think there has been a fundamental change.
William Fisher | Posted 09.24.2009 | World
The Mubarak regime has repeatedly used the Israeli-Palestinian impasse as a fig-leaf to obscure its own monumental deficiencies -- and later used Bush's "war on terror" mantra as an even more dramatic cover story. Does this sound like the job description of an honest broker?
Mike Signer | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics
A key aspect of constitutionalism is that it begins and ends with the people, rather than rhetoric, institutions, or leaders. Thus the genius of Obama's policy of actual democracy promotion.
Cynthia Boaz | Posted 07.19.2009 | World
To seriously question the Iranians' ownership of their struggle serves the interests of a brutal regime and risks undermining the morale of individuals participating in a true peoples' movement.
Steve Clemons | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics
Ever since Bush launched a crusade to democratize parts of the world by force, sometimes with sanctions and sometimes guns, I have struggled with the question of how to get "tranformational diplomacy" right.
Jason Pielemeier | Posted 01.24.2009 | World
Yale World Fellows advise Barack Obama on his first term, with tips on how he can transform the energy economy, advice on Afghanistan, and suggestions for how he can help create a global democracy.
Shadi Hamid | Posted 01.17.2009 | World
In the realm of foreign policy, "Ideology" is getting a bad name. "Pragmatism" is, apparently, all the rage. Problem is we aren't being careful with our terms.
Amitai Etzioni | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics
Anyone who believes that the United States can march into a country, topple its regime, and build a prosperous democracy, ought to read, study and read again Imperial Life in the Emerald City.
Stephen Zunes | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics
Sharp has inspired generations of progressives around the world. So why are foreign governments claiming that he and his small research institute are key players in a Bush administration plot against them?
J. Brian Atwood | Posted 11.16.2009 | World