The promotion of democracy in the Arab world, an area to date resistant to effective political liberalization, hasbecome a central pillar in American Middle East foreign policy as well as an integral element in the Global Waron Terrorism (GWOT). How will this advocacy of democracy be received, given our theoretical and historicalknowledge? The underlying assumption of U.S. policy is that democracy will moderate some of the anti-Americansentiments from the region as well as undermine terrorist activities and support. Will overt American promotion ofdemocracy cause these states to democratize? Using aspects of social movement theory, this thesis examines Arabreactions to public American promotion of democracy. I argue that America's campaign ...
Recent events in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen have caught senior U.S. policymakers off guard like a her...
The Egyptian Revolution of 2011 was an internal movement fueled by the conviction that change was ne...
Since the end of the Cold War and certainly since the terrorists’ attacks of 9/11 in New York the Am...
The international community has devoted significant attention to Arab democratization in the last de...
The Master Thesis American Foreign Policy and the Arab Uprisings in Egypt, Libya, and Syria concentr...
The shock of the 9/11 attacks had complex and profound effects on US policy in the Middle East. One ...
Democratization and American Policy in the Muslim World will examine the prospects of democracy deve...
“Operation Freedom ” in Iraq has started what could be called the “fourth wave of democracy”, a proc...
The assumption that democracy is a force that impedes terrorism is a commonly held belief by the Bus...
In 2011, the Arab Awakening offered an opportunity to the Obama administration to advance the US int...
We have recently seen some historical changes sweeping across the Muslim world. The collective acti...
For nearly a decade now, Morocco has stood as a pillar of U.S. democracy promotion in the Middle Eas...
Despite the dramatic increase in the international democracy promotion efforts toward the Arab Middl...
Several key components of American foreign policy in its internationalist form are based upon the U....
Since the early 20th century, persons across the Muslim world have attempted to move their society t...
Recent events in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen have caught senior U.S. policymakers off guard like a her...
The Egyptian Revolution of 2011 was an internal movement fueled by the conviction that change was ne...
Since the end of the Cold War and certainly since the terrorists’ attacks of 9/11 in New York the Am...
The international community has devoted significant attention to Arab democratization in the last de...
The Master Thesis American Foreign Policy and the Arab Uprisings in Egypt, Libya, and Syria concentr...
The shock of the 9/11 attacks had complex and profound effects on US policy in the Middle East. One ...
Democratization and American Policy in the Muslim World will examine the prospects of democracy deve...
“Operation Freedom ” in Iraq has started what could be called the “fourth wave of democracy”, a proc...
The assumption that democracy is a force that impedes terrorism is a commonly held belief by the Bus...
In 2011, the Arab Awakening offered an opportunity to the Obama administration to advance the US int...
We have recently seen some historical changes sweeping across the Muslim world. The collective acti...
For nearly a decade now, Morocco has stood as a pillar of U.S. democracy promotion in the Middle Eas...
Despite the dramatic increase in the international democracy promotion efforts toward the Arab Middl...
Several key components of American foreign policy in its internationalist form are based upon the U....
Since the early 20th century, persons across the Muslim world have attempted to move their society t...
Recent events in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen have caught senior U.S. policymakers off guard like a her...
The Egyptian Revolution of 2011 was an internal movement fueled by the conviction that change was ne...
Since the end of the Cold War and certainly since the terrorists’ attacks of 9/11 in New York the Am...