Realism and Democracy - American Foreign Policy After the Arab Spring

This book makes a realpolitik argument for supporting democracy in the Arab world, drawing on four decades of policy experience.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The Arab Spring; 2. Arab and Muslim democracy; 3. Will the Islamists always win?; 4. The trouble with US policy; 5. What is to be done?

About the author

Elliott Abrams is senior fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, New York. He served as assistant secretary of state for human rights under Ronald Reagan, and as a Deputy National Security Advisor in the administration of George W. Bush where he handled Middle East policy for the White House. His previous book, Tested by Zion (Cambridge, 2013), is the definitive account of the Bush administration and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and won the Bronze Prize in 2013 from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy as outstanding book of the year on the Middle East. Abrams is a member of the board of the US National Endowment for Democracy.

Summary

America is turning away from support for democrats in Arab countries in favor of 'pragmatic' deals with tyrants to defeat violent Islamist extremism. Abrams marshals four decades of expert experience to analyze America's record of democracy promotion and show that deals with tyrants will not work.

Product details

• Authors: Elliott Abrams, Elliott (Council on Foreign Relations Abrams, Abrams Elliott
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781108401715
• ISBN: 978-1-108-40171-5
• No. of pages: 310
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, International Relations, Politics and government, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state