USA:
* Analyse: Dass Bush ein Verfechter gobaler Demokratie wird, war nicht vorauszusehen
* CFR Publications Promoting Democracy and Fighting Terror
Foreign Affairs ( January/February 2003 )
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When George W. Bush took office two years ago, few observers expected that promoting democracy around the world would become a major issue in his presidency. During the 2000 presidential campaign Bush and his advisers had made it clear that they favored great-power realism over idealistic notions such as nation building or democracy promotion. And as expected, the incoming Bush team quickly busied itself with casting aside many policies closely associated with President Bill Clinton. Some analysts feared democracy promotion would also get the ax. But September 11 fundamentally altered this picture.(...)