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Mr. Sharansky, ease my doubts
On February 23, 2005, Tel Aviv University hosted a panel on democratization, featuring Natan Sharansky, a former Soviet dissident and political prisoner, who currently serves as the Israeli minister for Jerusalem and Diaspora affairs; Hebrew University political scientist Shlomo Avineri; and Martin Kramer. The panel focused on Sharansky's much-discussed book, The Case for Democracy, which …
Hey, Mr. President! You talkin’ democracy to me?
Last Thursday, George Bush took an unequivocal stand on the Arab democracy debate, in a speech to the National Endowment for Democracy: Time after time, observers have questioned whether this country, or that people, or this group, are "ready" for democracy—as if freedom were a prize you win for meeting our own Western standards of …
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When I Hear “Arab Democracy,” I Reach for My Seat Belt
Over the weekend, I delivered an address on the prospects of democracy in the Arab world, at the annual Lansdowne conference of The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. The question: Should the United States promote liberal democracy in the Arab world after a victory in Iraq? (The presumption: The United States will replace Saddam …
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Should America Promote a Liberal, Democratic Middle East?
Martin Kramer, "Can America Promote a Liberal, Democratic Middle East?," in Bush Administration Middle East Policy: A Mid-Term Assessment, 2002 Weinberg Founders Conference, October 4-6, 2002 (Washington, D.C.: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 2003), pp. 72-75. Posted retroactively at Sandbox. Can there be a liberal, democratic Middle East? This is very much a …
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Borders and Democracy
Might it be less costly to the United States and more conducive to democracy, to allow the kinds of modifications that occurred in the map of Europe after the fall of communism?
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