Barry Rubin: How the Obama Administration Helps Kill the Chances for Arab, Turkish, and Iranian Democracy
By Barry Rubin
Note: This is a follow-up to Barry Rubin's previous article on the Clinton speech, but stands alone also.
By Barry Rubin
In a speech, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asks:
“Why does America promote democracy one way in some countries and another way in others?”
Here’ how the question should be rephrased:
Why does America subvert the chances for democracy one way in some countries and another way in others?
Here’s the answer:
Continue reading How the Obama Administration Helps Kill the Chances for Arab, Turkish, and Iranian Democracy
Barry Rubin is director of the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center and editor of the Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA) Journal. His latest books are The Israel-Arab Reader
(seventh edition), The Long War for Freedom: The Arab Struggle for Democracy in the Middle East
(Wiley), and The Truth About Syria
(Palgrave-Macmillan). His latest book is Israel: An Introduction, to be published by Yale University Press in January 2012. You can read more of Barry Rubin's posts at Rubin Reports, and now on his new blog, Rubin Reports, on Pajamas Media
Technorati Tag:
Middle East and
Obama.
1 comment:
To be fair, the Arab, Turkish and Iranian sphere has, always has and always will have zero chance of 'democracy'. It's no more in them to do that than we should expect the giant stone heads of Easter Island to recite Shakespeare.
Post a Comment