Thomas Carothers' article "Promoting Democracy and Fighting Terror" (January/February 2003) critiques the Bush administration's democracy promotion record and offers some broad recommendations on how ...

The U.S. has long used the promotion of democracy overseas as a crucial form of “soft power,” not only to gain ideological influence in global geopolitics, but also to foster the emergence of ...

Support for the democratic opposition to Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro is among the few international policy matters that have unified Democrats and Republicans in recent years, and it is ...

In Bangladesh, Nobel Peace Laureate Mohammad Yunus, the face of an Islamist coalition that ousted its elected secular president, Sheikh Hasina, after a snowballing series of orchestrated mass protests ...

The Trump administration has received sustained criticism for its “America First” approach to international affairs and its perceived abandonment of democracy promotion abroad. But yesterday’s White ...

Supporting freedom around the world is a key advantage to American firms and a challenge for Russia and China. This week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is convening an inaugural ministerial in ...

Says U.S. Support for Democracy in the Arab World Marks Historic Change and Represents Unique Challenge June 9, 2005—A Council-sponsored Task Force, In Support of Arab Democracy: Why and How, says ...

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Yesterday, the White House released its new Africa policy. The top two pillars—support for democracy and economic growth—remain the same from previous policy statements. The new policy reorganizes ...

James Antle laments that our "recent track record for democracy promotion in the [Middle East and North Africa] is frankly not very good." He points to the "numerous false starts -- the Iraqi ...

President George W. Bush delivers a speech at the National Endowment for Democracy in the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C., Oct. 6, 2005. Credit - Dennis Brack—Bloomberg/Getty Images The U.S ...