Democratization and Stability in the Middle East

Abstract

The wave of popular unrest sweeping the Middle East in the last months hasraised the hope that countries in the region will embrace democracy and the stateswill become more peaceful and prosperous. Yet neither democracy nor stablepeace is certain in the region. Although democracy and peaceful stability tend tobe associated,i the processes leading to consolidated democracy are both uncertainand volatile. In fact, the process of democratization almost universally leadsto short- and medium-term instability and conflict. This piece offers some thoughtsfor considering the prospects for democratization and stability in the region.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2011
Accession Number
AD1062247

Entities

People

  • Blagovest Tashev

Organizations

  • Center for Advanced Operational Culture Learning

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Rights
  • Democracy
  • Domestic
  • Economic Development
  • Elections
  • Foreign Policy
  • Governments
  • Human Rights
  • International Conflicts
  • Marine Corps
  • Middle East
  • Organizational Structure
  • Political Parties
  • Political Systems
  • Societies
  • United States
  • War

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  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Systems Analysis and Design