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By Michael Allen on September 23, 2009
The Obama administration is pursuing a dual track approach to dealing with Russia – engaging both government and civil society, a democracy forum heard this week. On his recent trip, President Barack Obama had spent considerable time meeting civil society and opposition groups, the National Security Council’s Michael McFaul said.
While there will be problems transcending [read full story]
Posted in Backlash, Democracy assistance, NGOs/Civil society, Russia, authoritarianism, backsliding, corruption, democracy promotion, engagement, foreign policy, promoting democracy | Tagged Advancing Democracy Abroad, authoritarian offensive, Center for Liberal Strategies, democratic rollback, Ivan Krastev, Lilia Shevtsova, Michael McFaul, National Security Council, promoting democracy, realistic Wilsonianism, resetting US-Russian relations |
By Michael Allen on July 2, 2009
President Barack Obama should challenge the Kremlin on its democratic backsliding at this week’s U.S.-Russian summit in Moscow, says a group of foreign policy specialists and democracy advocates.
The open letter, an initiative of the Foreign Policy Initiative, suggests that the president should reiterate the argument of his recent Cairo speech that governments that protect democratic [read full story]
Posted in NGOs/Civil society, National Endowment for Democracy, Russia, authoritarianism, corruption, democracy promotion, foreign policy, promoting democracy | Tagged authoritarianism, democracy advocates, Foreign Policy Initiative, Michael McFaul, National Democratic Institute, National Endowment for Democracy, Stephen Sestanovich, U.S.-Russian summit |
By Michael Allen on June 18, 2009
Liberal commentator Spencer Ackerman notes some Democrats’ concern at the Obama administration’s cautious response to events in Iran and finds that some democracy promotion experts are pinning their hopes for a more assertive U.S. approach on Michael McFaul, the National Security Council’s country director for Russia and former director of Stanford’s Center on Democracy, Development [read full story]
Posted in Backlash, Democracy assistance, Iran, Middle East and North Africa, NGOs/Civil society, National Endowment for Democracy, democracy promotion, promoting democracy | Tagged Center on Democracy, Democracy assistance, democracy promotion, democratic transitions, Development and the Rule of Law, Larry Diamond, Michael McFaul, promotion, Thomas Carothers |
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