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By Michael Allen on September 23, 2009
President Barack Obama today reiterated the US commitment to promoting democracy, insisting that democratic values are universal and inseparably linked to broader foreign policy goals of development, international cooperation and combating extremism.
“We must champion those principles which ensure that governments reflect the will of the people,” he told the UN General Assembly. “These principles cannot [read full story]
Posted in Democracy assistance, NGOs/Civil society, National Endowment for Democracy, democracy promotion, foreign policy, promoting democracy | Tagged President Barack Obama, promoting democracy |
By Michael Allen on June 30, 2009
As democratic states and non-governmental groups alike condemned the coup in Honduras, ousted president Manuel Zelaya insists that he will return to Tegucigalpa on Thursday, accompanied by Latin American dignitaries, including Jose Miguel Insulza, the head of the Organization of American States. Honduras may be expelled from the OAS at its emergency meeting today.
Pro-Zelaya demonstrators [read full story]
Posted in Christopher Sabatini, Democracy assistance, Honduras, Honduras coup, Inter-American Democratic Charter, Labour/labor unions, Manuel Zelaya, National Endowment for Democracy, Organization of American States, authoritarianism, coup in Honduras, democracy promotion, promoting democracy, protests | Tagged a coup or a counter coup, Christopher Sabatini, coup in Honduras, creeping coups, Honduras, Honduras coup, Inter-American Democratic Charter, Manuel Zelaya, National Endowment for Democracy, President Barack Obama, Robert Amsterdam, tropical gulag |
By Michael Allen on June 26, 2009
President Barack Obama called on Cuba’s communist regime to release all political prisoners and he praised five dissidents recognized this week by the National Endowment for Democracy. Cuba has the worst human rights record in the hemisphere and consistently suppresses independent political activity.
Obama said he hoped that the three incarcerated award recipients – Librado Linares [read full story]
Posted in Cuba, Latin America and the Carribean, authoritarianism, dissidents | Tagged Antúnez, cuba, Jorge Luis García Pérez, National Endowment for Democracy, NED Democracy Award, political prisoners, President Barack Obama, Rosa Parks Women’s Movement |
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 Ambassador Nicholas Burns, Carnegie Endowment, Christopher Hitchens, ideology of the theocracy, Iranian democrats, Obama on Iran, President Barack Obama |
By Michael Allen on June 22, 2009
As with his recent Cairo speech, President Barack Obama should use his forthcoming visit to Moscow to send a message that re-setting relations does not entail abandoning democratic values, writes Lilia Shevtsova.
The trip could provide important hints about whether his administration’s approach to foreign policy will reflect 20th century realpolitik or blends pragmatism and values [read full story]
Posted in Eastern Europe, NGOs/Civil society, National Endowment for Democracy, Russia, democracy promotion, promoting democracy | Tagged Carnegie Moscow Center, democratic values, Francis Fukuyama, GONGOs, Lilia Shevtsova, National Endowment for Democracy, obama administration, Obama in Moscow, President Barack Obama, rule of law, Russian civil society |
By Michael Allen on May 29, 2009
President Barack Obama’s speech in Egypt next week will need to balance strategic and diplomatic considerations with a clear commitment to democratic reform in the region, writes J. Scott Carpenter. But Obama is likely, perhaps even compelled, to prioritize economic and security concerns over democracy promotion, writes William Galston, a board member of the National [read full story]
Posted in Democracy assistance, Human rights, Labour/labor unions, Middle East and North Africa, NGOs/Civil society, National Endowment for Democracy, authoritarianism, democracy promotion, dissidents | Tagged Arab democracy, ayman nour, democracy and human rights strategy, democratic reform, dissidents, Egypt, governance, National Endowment for Democracy, President Barack Obama, promoting democracy, rule of law, William Galston |
By Michael Allen on May 26, 2009
Washington should focus on technical assistance that improves the daily lives of ordinary Egyptians even at the expense of democracy support, argues Steven Cook, a senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.
“Clumsy democracy promotion often does little good and can even make matters worse-not just in Egypt but in other [read full story]
Posted in Democracy assistance, Egypt, Human rights, Middle East and North Africa, authoritarianism, democracy promotion, dissidents, promoting democracy | Tagged authoritarian, democracy promotion, democracy support, political reform, President Barack Obama, Project on Middle East Democracy, Voices for a Democratic Egypt |
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