The Death Of Democracy Promotion?

by Ilan Berman
The Journal of International Security Affairs
Spring 2007

http://www.ilanberman.com/5931/the-death-of-democracy-promotion

Excerpt:

What a difference a few years can make. In September 2002, less than a year after taking office, the Bush administration laid out a breathtakingly ambitious vision of American foreign policy. "The United States possesses unprecedented—and unequaled—strength and influence in the world," the newly-released National Security Strategy of the United States proudly proclaimed. "Sustained by faith in the principles of liberty, and the value of a free society, this position comes with unparalleled responsibilities, obligations, and opportunity. The great strength of this nation must be used to promote a balance of power that favors freedom."[1]

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