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From then on, he argued, building a modern society would demand a market economy and a democratic political system.
Democratic transitions throughout the hemisphere had made guerrilla warfare unjustifiable: as Che foretold in his La Guerra de Guerrillas in 1962, wherever the trappings (or, one might add, the realities) of democratic rule prevailed, taking up arms was pointless.
In country after country, the guerrillas were defeated, pacified, brought into the democratic process, or rendered irrelevant.
Democracy will withstand attacks like the one in Manchester; and democratic citizens will respond with courage and generosity.
Nationally, no single party received a majority, but the centrist, democratic opposition won more than 70% of the National Assembly seats.
But the sheer hypocrisy of government officials proclaiming the need for austerity and encouraging public sacrifice for the sake of long-term prosperity, while secretly avoiding that effort, is a galling violation of trust in democratic countries.
The US cannot police human rights or the progress of liberal democratic principles beyond its borders.
Just as Britain once led Europe in fighting fascism, supporting democratic aspirations, and charting the continent's response to the global recession of 2008, it should be inside Europe leading from the front ranks.
With increasing change in China and growing economic and social contacts across the Strait, it should be possible to find a formula that allows the Taiwanese to maintain their market economy and democratic system without a placard at the UN.
They understood that democratic countries would need the space to conduct independent monetary and fiscal policies.
The loss in national sovereignty is then compensated by the “internationalization” of democratic politics.
Indeed, the appointment of Vice Chair Janet L. Yellen to succeed Ben Bernanke highlights an important point: What used to be a technical appointment, of interest only to nerdy economists, has now become a major cause of political tension, not only dividing Republicans and Democrats (it does not take much to do that), but even splitting the Democratic Party.
Justifying Humanitarian InterventionIn 1998, I visited Central Asia's former Soviet republics for talks--concerning the democratic development that was--or should have been--taking place in those newly independent countries.
Each spoke easily about institutions, democratic procedures, and respect for the rule of law.
In fact, despite the overthrow of authoritarian regimes, Egypt has so far proved unable to build credible democratic governments or enforce the rule of law effectively, change in Tunisia remains tenuous, and Libya is substantially worse off – economically and politically – than it was before 2011.
That concern for popular legitimacy is incompatible with the politics of the eurozone, which was never a very democratic project.
By contrast, a no vote would at least open the possibility that Greece, with its strong democratic tradition, might grasp its destiny in its own hands.
But recently the pressure has intensified, especially with the publication of “Charter 08,” a manifesto signed by hundreds of Chinese intellectuals, journalists, lawyers, and ordinary citizens, condemning the government’s human rights record and demanding more democratic reform, press freedom, governmental transparency, and societal openness.
Revolutionizing Arab EconomiesISTANBUL – The ongoing showdown in Egypt between the country’s Islamists and its military rulers is a clear reminder of how difficult democratic transitions in the Arab world are likely to be.
But the resulting economic inaction would be just as damaging to the consolidation of democratic rule.
For example, whereas the Islamists had essentially focused on political themes, highlighting participation, inclusiveness, and democratic reforms, the recent election campaigns witnessed a rhetorical shift to economic aspirations.
Indeed, whereas resistance to foreign intervention and assistance has been strong with respect to democratic reforms, new Arab leaders seem more receptive to a partnership with the West on economic objectives.
Asian critics looking at America and Europe could easily convince themselves that the Western model of democratic capitalism was collapsing.
The initiative has met with some success, although it has not completely halted trade in diamonds from conflict-torn countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo.
As Columbia University’s Mark Lilla has persuasively argued, in complex and diverse democratic societies, political appeals based only on narrow identities – whether linked to class, religion, ethnicity, or, yes, ideology – ultimately are doomed.
No country knows better than Indonesia that free speech and a free press are proven indicators of democratic development, and that criminalizing journalists is an early symptom of authoritarianism.
Since Suharto's fall in 1998, Indonesia has become the third largest democratic country in the world and the largest democratic Muslim community in history.
More fundamentally, the US has long been a leading example of what market economies and democratic politics can accomplish.
Even when US funding has been restored under Democratic administrations, women in South Africa have struggled to access abortion services.
Those of us living in the United States know first-hand that America’s democratic institutions have deteriorated markedly over the last several decades, beginning perhaps as far back as the 1960s, when Americans began to lose confidence in their political institutions.
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