Democracy Promotion By American NGOs
August 1st, 2008 by Sarah
An April 2008 paper, entitled “U.S. Interests in the Arab World: Democracy Promotion By American NGOs,” by Zoe Nautre has just been made available in English translation. Nautre analyzes the change in U.S. foreign policy toward the region, from having little interest in shaping the political and social realms of Arab countries to using democracy as a tool to neutralize terrorist threats. After reviewing the the key NGO players, Nautre argues that their work in promoting democracy was undermined from the get-go by the State Department and USAID because “short-term gains in the War on Terror were for the most part regarded as more valuable than a long-term approach.”
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