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...

In November 2003, President George W. Bush jettisoned half a century of American foreign policy, declaring that “stability can not be purchased at the expense of liberty.” America, he announced, would adopt a “forward strategy of freedom in the Middle East.”But any freedom strategy in the Middle East...

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