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Egypt’s failed transition offers lessons, but U.S. still sees seeds of democracy
The ruling military’s violent attacks on peaceful protesters required a “recalibration of our assistance to Egypt,” said Beth Jones, acting assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs,...
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Egypt’s roadmap ‘going ahead regardless of Morsi’ – Muslim Brotherhood...
Index on Censorship Egypt‘s deposed president Mohamed Morsi appeared in court Monday on the first day of his trial for incitement to murder, rejecting its legitimacy and demanding “coup” leaders be...
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A Diplomat’s Handbook for Democracy Development Support
The Council for a Community of Democracies has announced a new edition of A Diplomat’s Handbook for Democracy Development Support, directed by Ambassador Jeremy Kinsman. The third edition has been...
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EU-Russia ‘battle for hearts and minds’ in Eastern Europe
“For millions of citizens in former Soviet republics, decisions in coming weeks could determine whether the European Union’s model of market-based democracy will play a bigger role in their lives – or...
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Atlanticism in retreat? Stress testing Central European democracy
The special relationships that once bound the United States to the new democracies of Central and Eastern Europe are all but gone, according to A. Wess Mitchell, president of the Center for European...
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This month’s Vilnius summit is fueling a fierce competition between Europe and Russia, the likes of which haven’t been seen since the ebbing days of the Cold War. Amid that competition, there is a...
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A “transatlantic renaissance” would advance democracy around the world, says...
A senior Obama administration official has called for a “transatlantic renaissance,” with the U.S. and European Union drawing on “a new burst of energy, confidence, innovation, and generosity, rooted...
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The ‘Kennedy Temptation’: are democracy’s best days in the past?
President John F. Kennedy was a hardened Cold Warrior, whose anti-Communism was couched in terms of American idealism, notes Ian Buruma, professor of Democracy, Human Rights, and Journalism at Bard...
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Afghanistan ‘far from a lost cause’
In an impassioned speech to 2,500 tribal, community and elected leaders gathered for a Loya Jirga, Afghan President Hamid Karzai today defended a bilateral security agreement reached with Washington,...
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Bridging the EU-Eurasia Democracy Gap
The transformation of the formerly communist societies of Central and Eastern Europe stands as one of the most significant advances for democracy in human history, writes Arch Puddington and Zselyke...
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