The Future of U.S. Democracy Promotion: Strategies for a Sustainable Fourth Wave of Democratization
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2011Author
Ahmed, Samia
Astengo, Michelle
Blum, Alexandra
Durkin, Annie
Glenn, Scott
Hasedžić, Semir
Lambert, David
Medina, Reemah
Nicholson, Kailyn
Oh, Grace
Rajić, Denis
Schaffer, Anna
Smith, Stephanie
Stockmann, Natalie
Thomas, Nathaniel
Voloshin, Rostislav
Warsame, Mohamud
Whitley, Daryl
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U.S. democracy promotion has come under scrutiny in the last two decades. The recent third wave of democratization in the 1990s and 2000s has come to an end, leading to a shift towards authoritarianism. Meanwhile, American motives in democracy promotion efforts have been called into question. To stem the tide of shifts away from democracy and support the emerging ―fourth wave‖ of Middle Eastern transitions, the U.S. must be a major player in providing democratic assistance. However the U.S‘s current agenda for democracy promotion will not only damage the country‘s image, but, more significantly, the sustainability of democracy will be at risk.
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