CIAO DATE: 08/2014
January 2014
In a new Atlantic Council issue brief, “Getting Democracy Promotion Right in Egypt,” Amy Hawthorne contends that although the near-term prospects for democracy in Egypt are bleak, there is more the United States can do to promote democratic change over the longer term.
Hawthorne, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, argues that advancing US security interests in Egypt ultimately depends on stability there, which cannot be achieved without a consensus-based, rights-protecting political system. She acknowledges that although US influence is limited and Washington needs to deal with Egypt on a range of important security issues, democracy should still be a cornerstone of US policy toward Egypt.
Resource link: Getting Democracy Promotion Right in Egypt [PDF] - 293K