More - Francis Fukuyama Quotes

There is, ... no single global strategy that works in terms of democratic openness. Sometimes it happens from the bottom up and sometimes it happens from the up down, and to be successful it usually has to work in both ways. There has to be elite that wants change, though that desire can be supported and driven by popular participation. For example in Chile, the Philippines and Korea it required pressure on leaders on top to open up their systems and those pressures couldn't have come only from civil society. In Ukraine and Georgia on the other hand there was obviously a big push from below -- pressure in both directions is necessary. There is not one single strategy that produces democratic transition.

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Fixing the Middle East is only part of the problem. It is a West European problem, too.

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We wanted our own magazine, ... I don't think they copyrighted the word 'Interest.'

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There is no question,

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President Bush has made some statements suggesting the US would accept whatever democratic outcome comes. Should the US be willing to do that, it suggests a major change in their position. But I think it is a little premature to assume that any real decision has been made. I think what they -- in the US administration -- are hoping for is a more gradual reform process in the Arab world, a more gradual expansion of political participation which Islamist groups do not use as an opportunity to come to power. So while I think there has been a shift in the US Middle East policy we will all have to wait to see how great that shift has been.

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These aren't two separate problems. In many instances the responses are the same.

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 Instances

It's a really big mistake to think democratization is a good tool to fight terrorism.

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 Terrorism

The End of History.

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the totality of U.S. military interventions have not left lasting, meaningful democratic institutions.

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It's easy to misunderstand and abuse the role of culture,

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