The backlash against democracy promotion -- The value of democracy -- Democracy and American national interests -- Is more democratization good for the U.S.? -- We can do better: supporting democratic development more effectively -- Encouraging the internationalization of democracy promotion.
Summary
After eight years of President Bush's trumpeting the virtues of promoting freedom and democracy abroad but achieving limited results, many Americans have grown suspicious of democratic development as a goal of American foreign policy. As a new administration reviews the role democratization will play in its foreign policy, distinguished Stanford University political scientist and Hoover Institution senior fellow Michael McFaul calls for a reaffirmation of democracy's advance as a goal of U.S. foreign policy and sets out a radically new course to achieve it. In Advancing Democracy Abroad, McF.