Democratization

Why The Glass Is Half-Full

Deepak Chopra | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Epidemics, Global Trends, Current Events, Overpopulation, Optimism, War, Global Issues, Democratization, Happiness, Good News News

The point isn't that you have to believe the positive and ignore the negative. The two sides are intimately linked and inescapable. But you can align yourself with the positive side. The vote is cast at the level of consciousness.

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From the Arab Spring to a Freedom Summer: A Pan-Democratic Movement and Civic Parliament

Benjamin R. Barber | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Mediterranean, North Africa, Arab Spring, Egypt Revolution, Middle East, Revolution, Democratization, Tunisia Revolution, World News

The spirit of Tahrir Square still lives, but the courageous women and men who took the risks cannot prevail without significant cross-border cooperation and civic foundation-building assistance.

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Libya's Future After the No-Fly Zone? It's Complicated.

Benjamin R. Barber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Libya, Benghazi, Civil War, Tribalism, Muammar Gaddafi, Libya No Fly Zone, Democratization, World News

For Libyans who have risked their lives in the name of democracy, the fates have engineered a beneficent reversal as radical as any in history. It's unclear, however, what the ultimate outcome of the allies' intervention will be for democracy.

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Israel's Modern Exodus: Faith In Egyptian Democratization

Carlo Strenger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jewish Monotheism, Clash of Civilizations, Egyptian Revolution, Egypt Protests, Israeli Skepticism of Egypt, Islam and the West, Egyptian Democracy, Western Skepticism of Egypt, Arab Democracy, Democratization, Religion News

The image of Egypt as the land of pagan falsehoods and slavery derived from the Biblical Story of Exodus is the theological root of Western and Israeli skepticism on Egyptian democratization.

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Betting on Egyptian Democracy Is Israel's Only Choice

Carlo Strenger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arab World, Egypt Protests, Egypt, Democracy, Hosni Mubarak, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Democratization, World News

It's time for Israel to stop wavering between the theory that it needs to rely on autocratic regimes in the Arab world. Betting on democratization is the only viable choice -- despite the uncertainty involved.

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Holding Egypt's Military to Its Pledge of Democratic Reform

Louis Klarevas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt Protests, Hosni Mubarak, Middle East, Democratization, Egypt, Barack Obama, Revolution, Omar Suleiman, World News

The U.S., a long-time supporter of Egypt's military, must make it clear that we will not tolerate the use of American weapons to prop up any more authoritarian regimes in Egypt.

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Obama's Woodrow Wilson Moment

Kate Seelye | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arab World, Cairo Protests, Egypt Protests, Project-on-Middle-East-Democracy, Iranian Revolution, Muslim Brotherhood, Political Islam, Democratization, 14 Points of Light, World News

In the context of unfolding events in Egypt and throughout the region, Woodrow Wilson offers an important lesson for President Obama and his administration.

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Egypt the Day After

Scott MacLeod | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt Protests, Cairo Protests, Arab World, Jasmine Revolution, Egypt Revolution, Muslim Brotherhood, Egyptian Army, Egypt, Tahrir Square, Leslie Gelb, Hillary Clinton, Hosni Mubarak, Wafd Party, Democratization, Biden Mubarak, Mohammed ElBaradei, Mohamed ElBaradei, World News

The Obama administration, and the rest of the world, must get used to the idea that there is a new Egypt and a new Middle East. The old order that was so comforting to Washington is over.

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America, Sri Lanka, and the Future of Democracy in Asia

Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fonseka, America, Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Democracy, Sarath Fonseka, Democratization, Obama Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, South Korea, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, Asia, Hong Kong University, World News

While a narrow view of what constitutes democratic government has periodically impeded U.S. foreign relations, particularly in Asia and the Middle Eas...

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New Turkey

Stephen Kinzer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Turkey, Authoritarianism, William Hague, European Union, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Reform, Democracy, The West, Europe, Capitalism, Constitution, Muslim, Democratization, World News

Turkey's vote on Sunday further strengthened its credentials as a model of capitalist democracy in the Muslim world -- a model the West needs to promote as an antidote to extremism.

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Toronto Fashion Week: A Fragmented Fall

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jeremy Laing, Democratization-of-Information, Fashion-Television, CFDA Awards, Jeanne Beker, Paul Hardy, Fdcc, Ctv, Greta Constantine, Innovation, Fashion Blogging, Toronto Fashion Week, Erdem Moralioglu, Toronto's LG Fashion Week, Tavi Fashion Blogger, Democratization, Fashion Week, Mark Fast, BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund Award, Cfda, Live Streaming, John Galliano, LG Fashion Week, Democratization of Fashion, Canadian-Fashion, Fashion Blogger, Calla, Erdem, Modeling, Project Runway, Catwalk, Crystal-Renn-Skinny, Crystal Renn v Magazine, Plus-Size Model, Crystal Renn, Marissa Bronfman Style, www.marissabronfman.com/Blog, Marissa Bronfman, www.marissabronfman.com, Plus Size, Style News

Fashion insiders and online voices are fixated on Canadian design stars who have no intention of staying at home -- because they can't survive without wooing the rest of the world.

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The Internet's Love Affair with WebTV

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, Tyranny, Move, Commodity, Popularity of the Internet, Content, Social Web, Video Podcasts, Popularity, Href, Broadband Network, Democratization, Tv Partnership, Nyt, Tv Programming, Broadband, Video, Apple, Nielsen, Plan, Broadband Technologies, Neutrality, Hulu, Ugc, August, Battle, WebTV, Apple TV, Independent Tv, Webtv, Net Neutrality, Mile, Independent Programming, Net, Web, Internet, Generation, Paradigm, Phenomenon, Year, Technology News

Information is a commodity. It's an article of trade that is valued above all other products and services. Information has always been coveted but con...

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Did Obama's Address Remind Anyone Else of the the Season Opener of Glee?

Elizabeth Rigby | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Glee, Birthers, Congress, Obama, Democracy, Federalist 10, Joe Biden, Tv, Federalist Papers, Democratization, Rep. Joe Wilson, Barack Obama, Government, House, Politics, Senate, Lech Walesa, Members of Congress, Middle East, Representative Democracy, Nancy Pelosi, Joe Wilson, Joint Session of Congress, Health Care Reform, High School, American Politics, Health Reform, Health Care, Health, Politics News

The partisan dynamics currently at play on Capitol Hill resemble a high school full of cliques, power differentials, and image-conscious participants more than a democratic problem-solving body.

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Living and Dying American

Stephen Herrington | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: President Obama, The Clintons, James Winborn Turner, Greatest Generation, Man on the Moon, America, 9/11, The Flag, Civil War, Democratization, Win, Reagan, Ayn Rand, American History, Texas History, Houston, Pride, Great Depression, American Nostalgia, Preemptive War, American Know How, Marines, Trickle Down, Meritocracy, Texas, Shareholder Value, Barack Obama, American Attitude, Patriotism, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Tom Brokaw, Vietnam, Healthy Living News

Back then a typical Republican was to the left of the Clintons. Nixon was a transition. It took Reagan to really define the world in which we now live, in which merit is no longer of value.

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The Permanent Campaign Has No Borders

David Hoffman | Posted 05.25.2011

Instead of pre-packaged messages broadcast overseas, building the capacity of local media and investigative reporters promotes transparency and creates a culture of democratic activism.

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Egyptian Youth Use Technology To Find Freedom

New York Times | NOAM COHEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Youth Technology, Iphone, Technology Freedom, Egypt, Middle East, Youth Gadets, Gps, Technology, Democratization, Using Technology for Democracy, World News

AMONG international outrages, depriving citizens of personalized maps seems far down on the list. Still, that was the condition put on the introduc...

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Twilight, Britney Spears and Grand Theft Auto: The Key to Obama's Foreign Policy?

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Twilight, Britney Spears, Public Diplomacy, Obama Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Grand Theft Auto, Foreign Policy, Media Export, War on Terror, Obama Foreign Relations, Richard Holbrooke, Entertainment Export, President Obama, Obama Administration, Democratization, Foreign Consumption of US Entertainment, Obama Foreign Relations Committee, International Media Outreach, Bush Administration, Bush Democratization, American Image, Bush Foreign Policy, US World Image, US Entertainment, President Elect Obama, World News

Instead of showcasing the creativity, diversity and openness of American society, we have been arrogantly lecturing the rest of humanity about freedom and democracy.

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Bush Waves a White Flag

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Neoconservatives, Democratization, North Korea Nuclear Program, Neoconservatives Iran, George W. Bush, North Korea, Politics News

By removing North Korea from the list of terrorist supporting states and by lifting sanctions imposed on it for decades, Bush put a nail in the coffin of the neocon theory.

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