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Exclusion Vs. Inclusion: American And Turkish Foreign Policy In The Middle East., Marshall Collins
Exclusion Vs. Inclusion: American And Turkish Foreign Policy In The Middle East., Marshall Collins
Undergraduate Honors Theses
Why do countries engage in democracy promotion around the world? Why is the principle component of U.S. foreign policy abroad assistance with democratization? One answer is the Democratic Peace Theory (DPT) (also known as “Liberal Peace”). Accordingly, DPT states, as its basic tenant, democracies behave differently with one another than they do non-democracies, especially in relation to military altercations.
Why are some countries more successful than others in promoting democratic ideals around the world? In order to partly explain this question, I examine American and Turkish foreign policy initiatives in the Middle East from a comparative perspective. The United States …