DEMOCRACY IN THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST: INEVITABLE

Candar C.

TURKISH POLICY QUARTERLY, sa.2, ss.81-101, 2005 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Basım Tarihi: 2005
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH POLICY QUARTERLY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.81-101
  • İstanbul Kültür Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The author argues that expanding democracy to the Greater Middle East is becoming the most daring and exciting political undertaking of the next decades. He examines the resistance towards and the controversy regarding the democratization initiative of the Greater Middle East. He argues that we are going through an exceptional period of history where the global interests of the U.S. overlap with the primary rights of the peoples of the region. He concludes that the people of the Middle East will inevitably achieve freedom and democracy.