70 Year Magazine Archive

Can Democracy Drive Foreign Policy?

The U.S. is committed to encouraging democracy. But events in Peru and in the Islamic world force the question: Might an obstinate insistence on democratic forms work against what we prize in democracy?

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ELLIOTT ABRAMS

PESSIMISTS always said the Latin American pendulum would sooner or later swing away from democracy. Now, with Haiti reverting to form, Venezuela wobbly, and Peru gone, have they been proved right?

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