Is the League of Democracies a Bad Idea? How Europe should respond
The idea of an official organisation of democratic states wishing to promote democracy worldwide has surfaced periodically in recent years. In 2000 the Community of Democracies was inaugurated and survives as a body committed to supporting democratic change. Now the notion is gaining further currency. US Presidential candidate John McCain has advocated a League of Democracies. And analyst Robert Kagan, an advisor to McCain, has recently made a contribution on the subject. This paper by CEPS Senior Fellow Michael Emerson and Associate Senior Fellow Richard Youngs argues against a new organisation, but does advocate a serious concertation among relevant existing international organisations and seriously interested national governments to move pro-actively for democratic progress worldwide.
| Attachment | Size | Hits | Last download |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1663.pdf | 118.92 KB | 1175 | 12 hours 55 min ago |
The idea of an official organisation of democratic states wishing to promote democracy worldwide has surfaced periodically in recent years. In 2000 the Community of Democracies was inaugurated and survives as a body committed to supporting democratic change. Now the notion is gaining further currency. US Presidential candidate John McCain has advocated a League of Democracies. And analyst Robert Kagan, an advisor to McCain, has recently made a contribution on the subject. This paper by CEPS Senior Fellow Michael Emerson and Associate Senior Fellow Richard Youngs argues against a new organisation, but does advocate a serious concertation among relevant existing international organisations and seriously interested national governments to move pro-actively for democratic progress worldwide.
-en-1492
[list_price] => 0.00000 [cost] => 0.00000 [sell_price] => 12.00000 [weight] => 300 [weight_units] => g [length] => 0 [width] => 0 [height] => 0 [length_units] => cm [pkg_qty] => 0 [default_qty] => 1 [unique_hash] => 9173792ae3040f2d0763c3651f0c66ab [ordering] => 0 [shippable] => 1 [tags] => Array ( ) [path] => book/league-democracies-bad-idea-how-europe-should-respond [field_book_isbn] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [value] => [safe] => ) ) [field_price] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [value] => 12 ) ) [field_book_series] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [value] => 90 [safe] => 90 ) ) [field_book_number] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [value] => 162 [safe] => 162 [view] => 162 ) ) [field_book_short_title] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [value] => [safe] => [view] => ) ) [field_book_author_external] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [value] => Richard Youngs [safe] => Richard Youngs ) ) [field_book_old_path] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [value] => 1663 [safe] => 1663 ) ) [field_book_downloads] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [value] => 1105 [safe] => 1105 ) ) [field_book_pages] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [value] => 6 [view] => 6 ) ) [field_book_price_pdf] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [value] => 0.00 ) ) [field_book_published] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [value] => 2008-05-30 00:00:00 [timezone] => Europe/Brussels [timezone_db] => Europe/Brussels [date_type] => datetime ) ) [field_book_publication_date] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [value] => 2008-05-30T00:00:00 [timezone] => Europe/Brussels [timezone_db] => Europe/Brussels [date_type] => date [view] => 30 May 2008 ) ) [field_book_author] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [nid] => 208 [view] => Michael Emerson ) ) [field_image_cache] => Array ( [0] => ) [field_type] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [value] => BOOK [format] => [safe] =>BOOK
[view] => Printed book ) [1] => Array ( [value] => [format] => [safe] => [view] => ) [2] => Array ( [value] => [format] => [safe] => [view] => ) ) [print_display] => 1 [print_display_comment] => 0 [print_display_urllist] => 1 [signup] => 0 [uc_order_product_id] => [0] => [taxonomy] => Array ( [taxonomy_term_14] => Array ( [title] => EU Neighbourhood Policy [href] => taxonomy/term/14 [attributes] => Array ( [rel] => tag [title] => ) ) [taxonomy_term_90] => Array ( [title] => CEPS Policy Briefs [href] => catalog/90 [attributes] => Array ( [rel] => tag [title] => Present concise, policy-oriented analysis of topical issues in European affairs, with the aim of interjecting the views of CEPS researchers and external collaborators into the policy-making process in a direct and timely fashion. ) ) ) [files] => Array ( [1546] => stdClass Object ( [fid] => 1546 [uid] => 1 [filename] => 1663.pdf [filepath] => files/book/1663.pdf [filemime] => application/pdf [filesize] => 121776 [status] => 1 [timestamp] => 2009-09-10 12:23:29 [nid] => 1492 [vid] => 1492 [description] => 1663.pdf [list] => 1 [weight] => 0 ) ) [flatrate] => Array ( ) [shipping_type] => small_package [shipping_address] => stdClass Object ( [first_name] => Radoslav [last_name] => Minkov [company] => CEPS [street1] => place du Congres 1 [street2] => [city] => Brussels [zone] => 94 [postal_code] => 1000 [country] => 56 [phone] => ) [usps] => [weightquote] => Array ( ) [build_mode] => 0 [readmore] => 1 [content] =>The idea of an official organisation of democratic states wishing to promote democracy worldwide has surfaced periodically in recent years. In 2000 the Community of Democracies was inaugurated and survives as a body committed to supporting democratic change. Now the notion is gaining further currency. US Presidential candidate John McCain has advocated a League of Democracies. And analyst Robert Kagan, an advisor to McCain, has recently made a contribution on the subject. This paper by CEPS Senior Fellow Michael Emerson and Associate Senior Fellow Richard Youngs argues against a new organisation, but does advocate a serious concertation among relevant existing international organisations and seriously interested national governments to move pro-actively for democratic progress worldwide.
| Attachment | Size | Hits | Last download |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1663.pdf | 118.92 KB | 1175 | 12 hours 55 min ago |
The idea of an official organisation of democratic states wishing to promote democracy worldwide has surfaced periodically in recent years. In 2000 the Community of Democracies was inaugurated and survives as a body committed to supporting democratic change. Now the notion is gaining further currency. US Presidential candidate John McCain has advocated a League of Democracies. And analyst Robert Kagan, an advisor to McCain, has recently made a contribution on the subject. This paper by CEPS Senior Fellow Michael Emerson and Associate Senior Fellow Richard Youngs argues against a new organisation, but does advocate a serious concertation among relevant existing international organisations and seriously interested national governments to move pro-actively for democratic progress worldwide.
-en-1492
[list_price] => 0.00000 [cost] => 0.00000 [sell_price] => 12.00000 [weight] => 300 [weight_units] => g [length] => 0 [width] => 0 [height] => 0 [length_units] => cm [pkg_qty] => 0 [default_qty] => 1 [unique_hash] => 9173792ae3040f2d0763c3651f0c66ab [ordering] => 0 [shippable] => 1 [tags] => Array ( ) [path] => book/league-democracies-bad-idea-how-europe-should-respond [field_book_isbn] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [value] => [safe] => ) ) [field_price] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [value] => 12 ) ) [field_book_series] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [value] => 90 [safe] => 90 ) ) [field_book_number] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [value] => 162 [safe] => 162 [view] => 162 ) ) [field_book_short_title] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [value] => [safe] => [view] => ) ) [field_book_author_external] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [value] => Richard Youngs [safe] => Richard Youngs ) ) [field_book_old_path] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [value] => 1663 [safe] => 1663 ) ) [field_book_downloads] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [value] => 1105 [safe] => 1105 ) ) [field_book_pages] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [value] => 6 [view] => 6 ) ) [field_book_price_pdf] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [value] => 0.00 ) ) [field_book_published] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [value] => 2008-05-30 00:00:00 [timezone] => Europe/Brussels [timezone_db] => Europe/Brussels [date_type] => datetime ) ) [field_book_publication_date] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [value] => 2008-05-30T00:00:00 [timezone] => Europe/Brussels [timezone_db] => Europe/Brussels [date_type] => date [view] => 30 May 2008 ) ) [field_book_author] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [nid] => 208 [view] => Michael Emerson ) ) [field_image_cache] => Array ( [0] => ) [field_type] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [value] => BOOK [format] => [safe] =>BOOK
[view] => Printed book ) [1] => Array ( [value] => [format] => [safe] => [view] => ) [2] => Array ( [value] => [format] => [safe] => [view] => ) ) [print_display] => 1 [print_display_comment] => 0 [print_display_urllist] => 1 [signup] => 0 [uc_order_product_id] => [0] => [taxonomy] => Array ( [14] => stdClass Object ( [tid] => 14 [vid] => 3 [name] => EU Neighbourhood Policy [description] => [weight] => 5 ) [90] => stdClass Object ( [tid] => 90 [vid] => 4 [name] => CEPS Policy Briefs [description] => Present concise, policy-oriented analysis of topical issues in European affairs, with the aim of interjecting the views of CEPS researchers and external collaborators into the policy-making process in a direct and timely fashion. [weight] => 0 ) ) [files] => Array ( [1546] => stdClass Object ( [fid] => 1546 [uid] => 1 [filename] => 1663.pdf [filepath] => files/book/1663.pdf [filemime] => application/pdf [filesize] => 121776 [status] => 1 [timestamp] => 2009-09-10 12:23:29 [nid] => 1492 [vid] => 1492 [description] => 1663.pdf [list] => 1 [weight] => 0 ) ) [flatrate] => Array ( ) [shipping_type] => small_package [shipping_address] => stdClass Object ( [first_name] => Radoslav [last_name] => Minkov [company] => CEPS [street1] => place du Congres 1 [street2] => [city] => Brussels [zone] => 94 [postal_code] => 1000 [country] => 56 [phone] => ) [usps] => [weightquote] => Array ( ) [build_mode] => 0 [readmore] => 1 [content] => Array ( [print_links] => Array ( [#weight] => -101 [#value] => [#title] => [#description] => [#printed] => 1 ) [display_price] => Array ( [#weight] => -10 [#access] => 1 [#value] =>BOOK
[#delta] => 0 ) [#title] => [#description] => [#theme_used] => 1 [#printed] => 1 [#type] => [#value] => [#prefix] => [#suffix] => [#children] => Printed book ) [1] => Array ( [#formatter] => default [#node] => stdClass Object *RECURSION* [#type_name] => book [#field_name] => field_type [#weight] => 1 [#theme] => text_formatter_default [#item] => Array ( [value] => [format] => [safe] => [#delta] => 1 ) [#title] => [#description] => [#theme_used] => 1 [#printed] => 1 [#type] => [#value] => [#prefix] => [#suffix] => ) [2] => Array ( [#formatter] => default [#node] => stdClass Object *RECURSION* [#type_name] => book [#field_name] => field_type [#weight] => 2 [#theme] => text_formatter_default [#item] => Array ( [value] => [format] => [safe] => [#delta] => 2 ) [#title] => [#description] => [#theme_used] => 1 [#printed] => 1 [#type] => [#value] => [#prefix] => [#suffix] => ) [#title] => [#description] => [#children] => Printed book [#printed] => 1 ) [#single] => 1 [#attributes] => Array ( ) [#required] => [#parents] => Array ( ) [#tree] => [#context] => full [#page] => 1 [#field_name] => field_type [#title] => type [#access] => 1 [#label_display] => inline [#teaser] => [#node] => stdClass Object *RECURSION* [#type] => content_field [#children] => Printed book [#printed] => 1 ) [#title] => [#description] => [#children] =>| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| 1663.pdf | 118.92 KB |
The idea of an official organisation of democratic states wishing to promote democracy worldwide has surfaced periodically in recent years. In 2000 the Community of Democracies was inaugurated and survives as a body committed to supporting democratic change. Now the notion is gaining further currency. US Presidential candidate John McCain has advocated a League of Democracies. And analyst Robert Kagan, an advisor to McCain, has recently made a contribution on the subject. This paper by CEPS Senior Fellow Michael Emerson and Associate Senior Fellow Richard Youngs argues against a new organisation, but does advocate a serious concertation among relevant existing international organisations and seriously interested national governments to move pro-actively for democratic progress worldwide.
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| 1663.pdf | 118.92 KB |
The idea of an official organisation of democratic states wishing to promote democracy worldwide has surfaced periodically in recent years. In 2000 the Community of Democracies was inaugurated and survives as a body committed to supporting democratic change. Now the notion is gaining further currency. US Presidential candidate John McCain has advocated a League of Democracies. And analyst Robert Kagan, an advisor to McCain, has recently made a contribution on the subject. This paper by CEPS Senior Fellow Michael Emerson and Associate Senior Fellow Richard Youngs argues against a new organisation, but does advocate a serious concertation among relevant existing international organisations and seriously interested national governments to move pro-actively for democratic progress worldwide.
Related Publications
- Tajikistan: 'Revolutionary situation' or a Resilient state?
- Somalia and the Pirates
- On track. Moldova wants EU integration, but needs to do its homework first
- Optimisation of Central Asian and Eurasian Trans-Continental Land Transport Corridors
- Reshaping Civil Society in Morocco: Boundary Setting, Integration and Consolidation
- The Growing Illiteracy in Central Asia: A Challenge for the EU
- Studying Europe in Central Asia: The Case of Kyrgyzstan
- Human Rights in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan: How realistic is to expect further results after an EU open debate with civil society
- Kazakhstan's grip on virtual reality
- Beyond the Border Management Programme for Central Asia (BOMCA)
Related Articles
- Just what is this absorption capacity of the European Union? - Launch of a CEPS Policy Brief
- A Synergy for Black Sea Regional Cooperation: Guidelines for an EU Initiative
- The Cyprus Stalemate: What Next?
- EU support for civil society in the Eastern Neighbourhood
- Turkey Country Economic Memorandum: Promoting Sustained Growth and Convergence with the European Union