July 2007

Volume 18, Issue 3

Exchange

Exchange: The Sequencing “Fallacy”

Countries taking the initial steps from dictatorship toward electoral politics are especially prone to civil and international war. Yet states endowed with coherent institutions—such as a functioning bureaucracy and the elements needed to construct a sound legal system—have often been able to democratize peacefully and successfully. Consequently, whenever possible, efforts to promote democracy should try…

Comment

The Democracy Barometers (Part I)

Election Watch

Reports on elections in Algeria, Armenia, Bahamas, Benin, Burkina Faso, Estonia, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, and Timor-Leste.

Documents on Democracy

Excerpts from: the Berlin Declaration; an interview with Thich Quang Do—winner of the 2006 Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize for Human Rights Defenders; a speech delivered by Romanian president Traian Băsescu.

News and Notes

Democracy and Security Conference in Prague; Former Heads of State Call for Aung San Suu Kyi’s Release; CIMA Holds Inaugural Forum; Conference on Africa’s Democratic Momentum; Forum on Democracy in the Arab World; New Policy Journal: Americas Quarterly; New York Democracy Forum; USIP Launches Rule-of-Law Network; Report on NED’s International Forum.