Though no longer a Cold War rival, Russia continues to pose immense challenges for the United States. The Kremlin’s perception of Russia as an “independent pole in a multi-polar world” often results in Russian policies that place the country at odds with the West. Russia’s current political elites are determined to prevent—and in some cases roll back—color revolutions in the former Soviet Union. They fear that successful democratization on Russia’s periphery will rouse similar demands at home. Regardless, the Kremlin’s ineffective authoritarian governance has stimulated a wave of large-scale protests in recent months that likely mark the beginning of Russia’s transition away from the Vladimir Putin era.

As forces from beyond Iraq’s borders transform the country into a test case for Arab democratization,Iraqis have embraced their newfound freedoms.

In its official statement, the March 2004 Alexandria Library conference issued one of the most comprehensive and eloquent pan-Arab calls for democratization. Although the conference was held under the patronage of President Hosni Mubarak, it consisted entirely of prominent non-governmental figures—some 165 of them from eighteen Arab countries. The host...

If the United States, learning from Japan, could fashion a managerial miracle in the past twenty years, Japan, learning from the United States, can certainly fashion an economic renaissance.

Testimony by Richard Perle before theSenate Committee on Foreign Relations on February 28, 2002.

The current quandary in relations among Taiwan, China, and the United States is a direct result ofTaiwan's democratization, but free elections should also freeTaiwan from international isolation.

Despite everything, George W. Bush was right about democratization in the Middle East.

When Vladimir Putin returns to the Russian presidency on Monday, May 7, the pageantry surrounding his inauguration will aim to portray a picture of unassailable strength, a confident master of his domain invulnerable to pressures from within or without. But things are not quite as stable...