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Iranian and Iraqi Democracy--Stuntz

By David Skeel and Bill Stuntz

In the many discussions of the pro-democracy protests in Iran, I've seen precious little about the relationship between that country's democracy and democracy in its majority-Shiite neighbor: Iraq. The example of a democratic and not theocratic state on Iran's borders may be destabilizing in precisely the ways the Bush Administration hoped – only the effect took hold more slowly than expected. If so, Bush should get some credit for this hopeful turn of events.

Full post as published by Less than the Least on June 17, 2009 (boomark / email).