Could the US have saved democracy in Tunisia?
As Biden focuses on democracy promotion abroad, it’s important to return to one of Washington’s biggest missed opportunities.
As Biden focuses on democracy promotion abroad, it’s important to return to one of Washington’s biggest missed opportunities.
The recent apathetic vote to give the current president more autocratic powers is a reflection of many missed opportunities on our part.
The cruel irony is Washington supports most of the world’s autocratic nations with weapons and money.
Americans know that ideologues have cynically used the rhetoric of ‘freedom’ to push destructive policies on the world before.
The first step is to acknowledge our own shortcomings before going out to tell others how it’s done.
Because of the events of the last weeks, months and years, should “democracy promotion” be permanently removed from the U.S. foreign policy lexicon?
Biden can’t possibly revert to the narrative in which the U.S. tries impose its ‘exceptionalism’ on others.