Special Report: Engaging Islamists and Promoting Democracy. A Preliminary Assessment

Abstract

While U.S. engagement of moderate Islamists remains a hotly debated question, U.S. democracy promoters have been working with legal Islamist parties and their leaders over the past decade. This Special Report examines the experiences of U.S. democracy promoters at the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI) working with Islamist parties in three countries: Morocco, Jordan, and Yemen. The assessment is written from the perspective of democracy promoters; it is based on extensive interviews and discussions with staff members who reside in-country, Washington-based staff, and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) democratization experts. The promoters views are necessarily subjective, providing one viewpoint to understand this complex topic.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA472137

Entities

People

  • Mona Yacoubian

Organizations

  • United States Institute of Peace

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Rights
  • Democracy
  • Families (Human)
  • Governments
  • Health Care
  • Law
  • Middle East
  • Organizational Structure
  • Political Parties
  • Political Systems
  • Public Opinion
  • Recreation
  • Teamwork
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • Training
  • United States

Readers

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  • Systems Analysis and Design