US Democracy Promotion in the Arab World : : Beyond Interests vs. Ideals / / Mieczysław P. Boduszyński.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Boduszyński, Mieczysław P. ,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (241 p.)

Whether democracy promotion should play a role in US foreign policy continues to be a subject of considerable debate, perhaps nowhere more than with regard to the Arab World. But looking beyond the "whether," what explains why, where, and how the United States promotes democracy? What caused the shift from the Obama administration's support of the Arab Spring protests in 2011 to its retreat from democracy promotion only two years later? What explains the Trump administration’s focus on relationships with autocrats? In the context of these questions, Mieczysław Boduszyński explores the tensions between interests and ideals in US foreign policy and the possibilities and limits of US democracy promotion in a region where Washington has often supported autocracy over freedom.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 US Democracy Promotion in the Arab World -- 2 On Democracy Promotion -- 3 Individuals -- 4 Institutions -- 5 Challengers -- 6 Trump and the Demise of US Democracy Promotion -- Appendix: Foreign Policy Institutions and Their Stake in Democracy Promotion -- References -- Index -- About the Book