President Bush has spoken ambitiously about a “forward strategy of freedom,” arguing that the United States should support democratic movements wherever they exist, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in the world. But given continuing violence in Iraq and Afghanistan despite elections there, and Hamas’s rise to power in...

The reception in Moscow to U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul during his first few months on the job has been unusual, if not downright hostile, a lot more Cold War than Russian Reset.

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President George W. Bush has declared the twenty-first century to be liberty’s century and has made the promotion of democracy abroad the keystone of his administration’s foreign policy. Yet as freedom...

What were the original hopes and expectations of Russia’s 1991 revolution? A group of leading experts will discuss these and other questions in the context of Russia’s domestic politics, economic policies, role in the global economy and, above all, its relations with the United States.

We should educate people about their rights, teach consistently about the creation of political parties, work to free political prisoners and build the foundations of freedom.

Democracy promotion in the Middle East may be a goal of the Bush presidency, but calls for reform predate the administration. Throughout the region, dissidents and activists seek to promote freedom of speech and association, women’s enfranchisement, and the rule of law. This third installment in AEI’s Dissent and Reform...

Democracy promotion in the Middle East may be a goal of the Bush presidency, but calls for reform predate the administration. Throughout the region, dissidents and activists seek to promote freedom of speech and association, women’s enfranchisement, and the rule of law. This third installment of AEI’s Dissent and Reform...

When people, groups, or nations desire democracy, they are driven by national freedom not personal liberty.