List of Democracy articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Think Again: Latin America
Is Latin America running out of chances? No miracle cure -- from privatization to property rights, from democracy to dollarization -- has ended the region's turmoil. With only token attention from the United States, Latin leaders need to find homegrown solutions. One place to start: more economic reform, not less, and less rule of law, not more.
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The Day After: North Korea
The Hardest Nut.
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The Day After: Zimbabwe
Exhuming Hope.
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The Day After: Egypt
God's Choice.
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The Day After: Libya
The Sons Also Rise.
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The Day After: Belarus
Freedom to Submit.
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Democracy Doesn’t Flow From The Barrel of a Gun
Democracy is a universal aspiration that defies economic conditions or phony cultural distinctions. But while the West can encourage political reform in the Middle East, it cannot impose change. If Western governments truly want the Arab world transformed, they must stop supporting Arab dictators and start respecting the will of the people.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Think Again: Middle East Democracy
People in the Middle East want political freedom, and their governments acknowledge the need for reform. Yet the region appears to repel democracy. Arab regimes only concede women's rights and elections to appease their critics at home and abroad. If democracy arrives in the Middle East, it won't be due to the efforts of liberal activists or their Western supporters but to the very same Islamist parties that many now see as the chief obstacle to change.