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Carnegie Democracy and Rule of Law Program
The Carnegie Democracy and Rule of Law Program rigorously examines processes of democratization around the world and the U.S., European, and multilateral efforts to promote political liberalization
Democracy Promotion Under Obama: Finding a Way Forward
The Bush’s administration’s highly problematic legacy on democracy promotion and general pessimism about the global state of democracy create pressure on the Obama administration to pull ...
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Is a "League of Democracies" a Good Idea?
Although the idea of a “League of Democracies” usefully reflects the urgent need to rebuild the legitimacy of U.S. democracy promotion, it is a problematic idea. It rests on the false ass...
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Democracy Promotion During and After Bush
Despite sweeping rhetoric about the global spread of democracy, the Bush administration has significantly damaged U.S. democracy promotion efforts and increased the number of close ties w...
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Democracy Promotion in the Middle East: Restoring Credibility
The Bush administration’s democratization rhetoric was never buttressed by an unambiguous, sustained policy to promote political reform. Concerns about security and stability have now vir...
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Egypt—Don’t Give Up on Democracy Promotion
Even as the United States is preoccupied with how to stabilize and withdraw from Iraq, it risks missing another important opportunity to promote democracy in the Middle East. Among Arab c...
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Confronting the Weakest Link: Aiding Political Parties in New Democracies
Political parties are the weakest link in many democratic transitions around the world—frequently beset with persistent problems of self-interest, corruption, ideological incoherence, and...
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Promoting the Rule of Law Abroad
Promoting the rule of law has become a major part of Western efforts to spread democracy and market economics around the world. Yet, although programs to foster the rule of law abroad hav...
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Revitalizing U.S. Democracy Assistance: The Challenge of USAID
Democracy is largely stagnant in the world and a growing number of governments exhibit hostility toward international democracy aid. Thomas Carothers explains that tackling longstanding p...
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Critical Mission: Essays on Democracy Promotion
Demand for practical knowledge and lessons about how the United States and other countries can more effectively promote democracy around the world has never been higher. This timely book ...
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Millennium Challenge Corporation: Can the Experiment Survive?
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) was established in 2004 to provide grants to a select group of developing countries that demonstrate a commitment to good governance by investin...
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Funding Virtue: Civil Society Aid and Democracy Promotion
In recent years the United States and many other international donors have embraced civil society aid as a key tool of democracy promotion. They support thousands of NGOs around the world...
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Democracy Challenged: The Rise of Semi-Authoritarianism
During the 1990s, international democracy promotion efforts led to the establishment of numerous regimes that cannot be easily classified as either authoritarian or democratic. They displ...
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Critical Mission: Essays on Democracy Promotion
Demand for practical knowledge and lessons about how the United States and other countries can more effectively promote democracy around the world has never been higher. This timely book ...
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Assessing U.S. Democracy Assistance: The Case of Romania
In recent years, assistance aimed at promoting democracy abroad has become a major component of U.S. foreign aid and of the U.S. government's post-Cold War policy of seeking to enlarge th...
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Aiding Democracy Abroad: The Learning Curve
Aid to promote democracy abroad has emerged as a major growth industry in recent years. Not only the United States but many other Western countries, international institutions, and privat...
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