Does Democracy Matter?
Negative experiences from state-building projects in Iraq and Afghanistan, the mixed record of democratic change in the former Soviet Union and the aftermath of Arab Spring have led many… Read more »
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West’s democracies have ‘moral duty’ to aid Ukraine
Russia praised a Ukrainian law granting self-governance powers to separatist-held areas of Ukraine, a measure that faces a challenge from some politicians in Kiev who call it a giveaway to… Read more »
Let locals take the lead on ISIS
There may be a continuum between the purportedly non-violent Islamists of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Islamic State, or ISIS. Nevertheless, “it bears repeating that ISIL’s campaign is not fundamentally… Read more »
ISIS: it is the ideology that matters
President Obama on Wednesday authorized a major expansion of the military campaign against rampaging Sunni militants in the Middle East, including American airstrikes in Syria and the deployment of 475… Read more »
January 2009 Bulletin
Subscribe to the Democracy Digest Blog RSS feed here. Contents Obama’s inaugural – nuanced support for democracy assistance? Engage Iran’s ‘grand alliance’ for reform Afghanistan: corruption and ‘legitimacy… Read more »
October 2008 Bulletin
Democracy Digest Get a regular Democracy Digest update by subscribing to the RSS feed or subscribe to the feed by e-mail. Inside this Issue: Economic crisis could turn democracy’s… Read more »
August 2008 Bulletin
Democracy Digest – a few changes…… Not all Democracy Digest subscribers will be aware that the digest is now principally taking shape as a blog. While we plan to continue… Read more »