How Western donor assistance can both help and undermine democracy in different parts of the world Democracy promotion is a central pillar of the foreign policy

The United States faces no greater challenge today than successfully fulfilling its new ambition of helping bring about a democratic transformation of the Middl

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The book concludes with a hopeful view of the prospects for a fourth wave of global democratization.

Promoting democracy has grown from a small, little- known activity to a high-profile endeavor. It now involves academia, think tanks, and the popular media. The