02910nam 2200529 450 991082703670332120220214185739.01-62637-831-210.1515/9781626378315(CKB)4100000008702129(MiAaPQ)EBC5825920(DE-B1597)623630(DE-B1597)9781626378315(OCoLC)1312726236(PPN)249145804(EXLCZ)99410000000870212920190807d2019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierUS democracy promotion in the Arab world beyond interests vs. ideals /Mieczysław P. BoduszyńskiBoulder, Colorado ;London :Lynne Rienner Publishers,[2019]©20191 online resource (255 pages)1-62637-817-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 US Democracy Promotion in the Arab World -- 2 On Democracy Promotion -- 3 Individuals -- 4 Institutions -- 5 Challengers -- 6 Trump and the Demise of US Democracy Promotion -- Appendix: Foreign Policy Institutions and Their Stake in Democracy Promotion -- References -- Index -- About the BookWhether democracy promotion should play a role in US foreign policy continues to be a subject of considerable debate, perhaps nowhere more than with regard to the Arab World. But looking beyond the "whether," what explains why, where, and how the United States promotes democracy? What caused the shift from the Obama administration's support of the Arab Spring protests in 2011 to its retreat from democracy promotion only two years later? What explains the Trump administration’s focus on relationships with autocrats? In the context of these questions, Mieczysław Boduszyński explores the tensions between interests and ideals in US foreign policy and the possibilities and limits of US democracy promotion in a region where Washington has often supported autocracy over freedom.U.S. democracy promotion in the Arab worldUnited States democracy promotion in the Arab worldDemocratizationGovernment policyUnited StatesDemocratizationArab countriesUnited StatesForeign relationsArab countriesArab countriesForeign relationsUnited StatesDemocratizationGovernment policyDemocratization327.11Boduszyński Mieczysław P.1974-1167502MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827036703321US democracy promotion in the Arab world4090121UNINA