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Nathan Brown and Emad Shahin have edited a new book, The Struggle over Democracy in the Middle East, which examines “democracy and democratization in the light of regional realities rather

Democracy is largely stagnant in the world and a growing number of governments exhibit hostility toward international democracy aid. Faced with this daunting context, President Obama and his foreign policy

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This report assesses U.S. policy toward Islamist organizations in the Arab world, specifically those groups that have renounced violence and terrorism. The report analyzes U.S. government attitudes toward Islamist movements