A Research Paper on Middle Eastern Affairs
Abstract
United States has had a greater impact on global democratization, for better or for worse, than any other country during the past century. No country has used its vast political, cultural, economic, and military resources toward recreating other states in its own image. Not surprisingly, U.S involvement in democracy promotion has attracted such great attention, together with a good deal of skepticism and suspicion. In fact, the building blocks of U.S. democracy promotion have come into question after September 11, 2001 and recent events within the Middle East. The pursuit of democracy promotion policy historically has served US national self-interests. This paper argues that placing U.S. democratic ideals in a secondary rank to geopolitical concerns along with the tendency to promote US-style democracy resulted in ideological polarization within many countries and brought about an atmosphere of mistrust and ill feeling that has yet needed to be overcome. Pursuit of democracy promotion has often been at variance with other US foreign policy objectives. By examining the US democracy promotion in Iraq, the paper argues that when such policy contradicts the US security and economic interests, policymakers put the US interests first and apply universal values selectively. But Post Arab spring time when western style of democracy is facing challenge with Islamic form of democracy, some Islamic party like Muslim Brotherhood ,Ennahda, etc are throwing challenge to western form of democracy, now a days after spring they practice SHURA system that is considered as Islamic version of democracy where They wanted to say democracy was our political culture, our prophet Mohammad(sm)practice democracy in his political Life, Islam is a religion of peace and co-existence, wherein there is ample scope for freedom of expression that is precondition of democracy . Anyone can express his views even if he differs. There is no question that Islamists
United States has had a greater impact on global democratization, for better or for worse, than any other country during the past century. No country has used its vast political, cultural, economic, and military resources toward recreating other states in its own image. Not surprisingly, U.S involvement in democracy promotion has attracted such great attention, together with a good deal of skepticism and suspicion. In fact, the building blocks of U.S. democracy promotion have come into question after September 11, 2001 and recent events within the Middle East. The pursuit of democracy promotion policy historically has served US national self-interests. This paper argues that placing U.S. democratic ideals in a secondary rank to geopolitical concerns along with the tendency to promote US-style democracy resulted in ideological polarization within many countries and brought about an atmosphere of mistrust and ill feeling that has yet needed to be overcome. Pursuit of democracy promotion has often been at variance with other US foreign policy objectives. By examining the US democracy promotion in Iraq, the paper argues that when such policy contradicts the US security and economic interests, policymakers put the US interests first and apply universal values selectively. But Post Arab spring time when western style of democracy is facing challenge with Islamic form of democracy, some Islamic party like Muslim Brotherhood ,Ennahda, etc are throwing challenge to western form of democracy, now a days after spring they practice SHURA system that is considered as Islamic version of democracy where They wanted to say democracy was our political culture, our prophet Mohammad(sm)practice democracy in his political Life, Islam is a religion of peace and co-existence, wherein there is ample scope for freedom of expression that is precondition of democracy . Anyone can express his views even if he differs. There is no question that Islamists