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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Ideologically, the United States is a self-proclaimed promoter and protector of democracy in the world. Its democracy policy has evolved over the past century. The U.S. fought World War II, in part, ...

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 ...

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 ...