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U.S. too timid in supporting Arab democracy?

By Michael Allen on November 30, 2009

Are Arab democrats and reformists losing confidence in the Obama administration? A recent spate of articles would suggest so.
The U.S. is committed to using “principled engagement” to promote democracy in the Arab and wider Muslim world, Michael Posner, assistant US secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, said recently.
But the Obama administration “often [read full story]

Posted in Democracy assistance, Egypt, Featured, Human rights, Islam/politics, Jordan, Kuwait, Middle East and North Africa, NGOs/Civil society, National Endowment for Democracy, authoritarianism, autocrats, democracy promotion, democracy support, democratization, dissidents, foreign policy, promoting democracy | Leave a response

Mideast democracy: can’t be exported or imported, but – despite dilemmas – must be supported

By Michael Allen on November 19, 2009

The dilemmas of reconciling security and human rights, stability and reform, and external and internal drivers for change were the dominant themes running through a conference on Middle East democracy this week.
The event was organized by the National Endowment for Democracy in cooperation with the National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute, to give some leading [read full story]

Posted in Democracy assistance, Egypt, Featured, Human rights, Iran, Iraq, Islam/politics, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East and North Africa, Morocco, NGOs/Civil society, National Democratic Institute, National Endowment for Democracy, Women, authoritarianism, autocrats, democracy and development, democracy promotion, democracy support, democratization, dissidents, engagement, foreign policy, freedom of expression, governance, promoting democracy, protests | Leave a response

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