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The activists who drove Egypt’s Jasmine revolution are suffering from a syndrome familiar from earlier democratic transitions, says a leading democracy advocate.
“The opposition has what I call ‘prolonged opposition trauma’ – difficulty making the switch from the politics of …
Obama needs to show that the U.S. can develop country-specific approaches to promoting democracy and human rights, while remaining consistent in its principles, writes Sherif Mansour (right), in the latest contribution to the Digest’s What Should Obama Say forum.…
The Arab spring confirms that the region’s people want not only democracy, but dignity – economic opportunity as well as political liberty. Labor unions played a vital mobilizing role in the pro-democracy upsurge and President Obama must address the backlash …
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Further to the Democracy Digest‘s on-line symposium previewing Obama’s address, you can view the speech via live-streaming from the State Department at WhiteHouse.gov/live and then accept The White House Blog‘s …
Some ideas are so good that they continue to resurface even after being studiously ignored. Some ten years after calls for a transatlantic partnership to promote democracy in the Arab world faltered in the face of European indifference, autocratic resistance …
Democracy advocates on both sides of the Atlantic are mourning the loss of Ron Asmus (above, left, with Richard Holbrooke), head of the German Marshall Fund’s Brussels Office, who died on April 30, 2011, after a long battle …
Never mind the policy declarations or strategic visions, Obama should focus on empowering local democratic actors, writes Jean Rogers.
More important than any single initiative, the United States should continue its long term commitment to and investment in the …
However much President Obama wants to support the democratic thrust of the Arab spring, strategic considerations place real constraints on his policy options, writes Sean Yom. But there is scope for shifting the threshold of what is tolerable from Middle …
The pro-democracy activists that led Egypt’s Jasmine revolution are struggling to compete with a resurgent Muslim Brotherhood.
The recent announcement that Abdel Moneim Abul Futuh, a prominent leader of the group, will contest the presidential election – albeit as an …