The Americans must decide between the drug war and supporting democracy.
"The U.S. should be supporting democracy with more than just speeches".
It is caught between broadly supporting democracy in the region and tolerating the stability guaranteed by despots, analysts said.
The difference between Bosnia and Iraq, Rieff says, is the difference between supporting democracy and imposing it.
He is right to do so, and we should be on the side of those supporting democracy in Iraq.
Instead of supporting democracy, we cold-shouldered the lawyers' movement, which was the best hope for democracy and civil society.
But, as some of its officials recognise, the real interest of the United States lies in supporting democracy in the region.
But she made no mention of his rights record and gave only a veiled reference to supporting "democracy and human rights" in Ethiopia.
"But it can still be legitimately couched as a way of supporting democracy and human rights by allowing independent exchange and thought".
Hong Kong's children, says Jimmy Lai, a media boss who is unique among Hong Kong's tycoons in supporting democracy, are "the elite of the elite", "spoiled kids".
Currently he is supporting democracy movements in Syria, Bahrain, Iran and Russia, and in the UK he coordinates the Equal Love campaign.
