Five Questions with Larry Diamond on Promoting Democracy

I recently spoke with Stanford University professor and founding co-editor of the renowned Journal of Democracy Larry Diamond about U.S. democracy promotion. Mr. Diamond authored this year’s Great Decisions article, Promoting Democracy, in which he analyses the evolving significance and use of an American foreign policy mantra.  In an update to the article, Mr. Diamond elucidates the meaning of crackdowns on U.S.-backed NGOs in Egypt, developments in Russia, upcoming elections in emerging democracies, and the waning influence of the American constitutional model.

Read his expert opinion on what democracy promotion means in practice and theory, and how the U.S. should respond to democratic uprisings around the world.