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Re: Who’s to Blame for the Middle East’s Problems

In response to my blog-colleague Michael’s post below, I find it surprising that the notion that U.S. policy is “partly responsible” for the very bad situation the Arab world finds itself in today is controversial. ..

Understanding the Retributive Impulse

He went on to talk about the retributive impulse that had defined the post-9/11 American “psyche;” how we, too, have acted irrationally and done things that have not only failed to help us, but have so obviously hurt us. Our pride and our honor took a hit on 9/11. And what came out of it was a visceral reaction, one full of confused anger. Such impulses are necessary at first, even healthy. Anger can be a good thing, particularly when channeled constructively in support of a national c..

Would Democracy in Morocco be a Good Thing?

The question whether or not this is true, however, remains.” Yes, the question for better or worse (probably worse) remains...

How to Rig Elections without Rigging Them: The Case of Morocco

Andrew Mandelbaum, who understands Morocco more than most, has a good post up at The Democratic Piece (bookmark it!) that goes into some useful detail about how smart autocracies (like Morocco) don’t need to rig elections. ..

Condi Rice: Rhetoric vs. Policy

Glenn Kessler’s profile of Condi Rice is well worth the read. Like most articles about the Bush administration, it reads like a tragedy. And I read it with sadness, regret, and, finally, anger. Again, I was left wondering what might have been. ..

Democracy Promotion Needs a Plan of Action

The president gave a speech about the democracy agenda, but he never put a democracy agenda together. In all policy areas, but especially in foreign policy and diplomacy, saying things isn’t the same as changing policies. ..

Neoconservatism is Dead

Well, not really, but more dead than alive. Anyway, I was prompted to say something in response to Glenn Greenwald’s rather bizarre claim that ..

The Problem of Modernity?

What he does not seem to grasp - and the Bush administration is no better - is that America is the cutting edge of a modernity that has convulsed Islam as a faith and a civilization. This collision will likely become more violent, not less, as Muslims more completely enter the ethical free fall that comes as modernity pulverizes the world of our ancestors. ..

Supporting Dissidents in Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood, Ayman Nour

On Democracy Arsenal, POMED’s Shadi Hamid answers NRO writer Stanley Kurtz in their recent exchange (links on Hamid’s post) over whether the U.S. should engage political Islam. Hamid challenges Kurtz to offer compelling reasons to not engage the Muslim Brotherhood, and other political dissidents like Ayman Nour, who he calls "as close to a pro-Western liberal as you’ll find in the Middle East."..

To Engage or Not to Engage?

Unfortunately, he at no point explains why engaging with the Brotherhood and other mainstream Islamist parties is a bad idea. I lay the case for engagement not only in the PPI report, but also in a similarly long piece for Democracy: A Journal of Ideas. Taken together, these two articles attempt to address many of the mistaken assumptions about political Islam and explain how engagement can actually help us deflate extremism and win the war on terrorism. In the Democracy piece, in part..

Drop What You’re Doing and Read This

Ok. Go read this. Now. It’s that good. No, actually, it’s better. So rarely do I read a piece on democracy promotion that I agree with 85-100%...

What Makes a Starbucksist (or how to fight Islamo-fascists with the power of our ideas)?

This is wonderful, I thought to myself. Again, I had cosmic confirmation that Starbucks was more than just a store – or even a brand – but rather a way of life, a way of thinking… (I search for the write word)…..

Maybe it’s Time to Start Getting Scared

I’m not one of those people who likes to be alarmist and call Republicans "fascists" and other such things. Unlike some of my friends, ..