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North Korea – worse than you thought?

By Michael Allen on February 11, 2010

North Korea’s political system has little to do with Stalinism or communism, argues Christopher Hitchens:
 …we should instead regard the Kim Jong-il system as a phenomenon of the very extreme and pathological right. It is based on totalitarian “military first” mobilization, is maintained by slave labor, and instills an ideology of the most unapologetic racism and [read full story]

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Abandon ‘irresistible illusion’ of Afghan democracy?

By Michael Allen on July 17, 2009

The international community should abandon the irresistible illusion of Afghan democracy and adopt a more moderate, minimalist approach to stabilizing Afghanistan, argues Rory Stewart. Lacking the necessary knowledge, power and legitimacy to craft a sustainable democracy, the most feasible aspiration is a state that looks like its neighbors, he suggests.
Stabilization though an Iraq-style surge is [read full story]

Posted in Afghanistan, Democracy assistance, Human rights, Islam/politics, Middle East and North Africa, NGOs/Civil society, democracy promotion | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Response

Obama with ‘those who stand up for justice’ in Iran

By Michael Allen on June 23, 2009

President Barack Obama today made his most forceful comments to date on the crisis in Iran, declaring that the world is “appalled and outraged” at the violent suppression of peaceful protests and rejecting “patently false and absurd” the regime’s suggestions that Western powers were fuelling the protests.
“I strongly condemn these unjust actions, and I join [read full story]

Posted in Backlash, Iran, Islam/politics, Middle East and North Africa, NGOs/Civil society, authoritarianism, democracy promotion, foreign policy, promoting democracy, protests | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a response

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