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PDFThe Arab Spring presents the US with more difficult choices than the post-Communist transitions in east-central Europe in balancing democracy and human rights with economic, security and other strategic interests.
“But the fact that it’s inconsistent doesn’t mean that it’s insignificant,” says the Carnegie Endowment’s Tom Carothers. He joins Georgetown University’s Charles Kupchan in correcting a number of distortions (not least from the program host) and misconceptions of democracy assistance.
