Post-Rhetoric: The US and Democracy Promotion in the Middle East and North Africa

Perhaps Honesty is Indeed the Best Policy

In the early 2000s, democracy became a buzzword, especially in the context of the US push to introduce it to the Middle East. The idea was that being part of the democracy club meant stability, prosperity, and a clear development path. This notion gained strength because many of the most stable and developed nations were democracies, echoing Churchill's…