05 / 05 / 2011
Creating and Sustaining Democracy in the Middle East. Constitution and Governance Building. Brooking
From Tunisia to Egypt to Yemen and beyond, momentum toward creating democratic governments has reached unprecedented levels in the Arab world. As demand for regime change spreads, architects and leaders of these aspiring new democracies will face a host of pressing governance and constitutional challenges and questions. What are the key constitutional considerations? Which governance principles would best build and sustain democracy in Middle Eastern countries making the transition? How do the experiences of other fledgling democracies – including the 18th century United States – inform our present-day understanding?