06 / 10 / 2011
Democracy promotion – a geostrategic contest
“Democratization does not occur in a vacuum, but in the shadow of Great Power competition,” writes Jakub Grygiel,* in this guest post. Russia and China’s “rare double veto” to block a UN resolution condemning Syria’s violent crackdown and reports of Saudi and Iranian funding of illiberal actors in Egypt’s transition are the latest reminders that democracy promotion is increasingly contested terrain." Read more
By Jakub Grygiel, Democracy Digest, 6 October 2011