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A Critical Look at the Forced Spread of Democracy

By Tony Smith, MIT Center for International Studies. Posted May 15, 2008.


American imperialism in the name of democracy promotion is counterproductive.
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Tony Smith is Cornelia M. Jackson Professor of Political Science at Tufts University. His most recent book is A Pact with the Devil: Washington's Bid for World Supremacy and the Betrayal of the American Promise (Routledge, Taylor, Francis, 2007).

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