Ao longo do governo Cardoso (1995-2002), o tema da democracia esteve no topo da agenda internacional do Brasil. Nesse período, o país engajou-se em iniciativas e advogou medidas para a promoção e defesa da democracia no Cone Sul, na América do Sul, no sistema interamericano e além. Participou, de forma protagônica, da criação de instrumentos de defesa da democracia no âmbito de arranjos de integração econômica e concertação política. Encabeçou ou apoiou grande número de declarações, acordos, consensos e compromissos que tinham por objetivo promover os valores democráticos. Envidou esforços para impedir ou reverter golpes de Estado e solucionar crises políticas provocadas pela manipulação de eleições em diversas ocasiões, a maioria delas envolvendo países vizinhos. Ademais, no governo Cardoso, a promoção e defesa da democracia estiveram entre as diretrizes e os objetivos centrais da política externa brasileira. Consoante com isso, tornaram-se o ponto focal do projeto de integração sul-americana e receberam a atenção da diplomacia presidencial. Por esses aspectos quantitativos e qualitativos, assim como pelo fato de o Brasil não ser um tradicional ‘exportador’ de democracia, o envolvimento do governo Cardoso na promoção e defesa desse modelo de organização política é paradigmático. Tendo isso em vista, mais a constatação de que, até o momento, o assunto não foi sistematicamente investigado, o objetivo geral desta dissertação é melhorar nossa compreensão das razões da ‘agenda democrática’ da política externa do governo Cardoso, conforme a chamamos. Para tanto, no capítulo de introdução, revisamos as principais obras que, direta ou indiretamente, tratam do assunto. Ao cabo desse exercício, elaboramos nossa hipótese: As iniciativas e medidas de promoção e defesa da democracia levadas a cabo pelo governo Cardoso tinham por objetivos imediatos a preservação da estabilidade política no entorno regional e o aumento da credibilidade do Brasil perante os vizinhos e o mundo e por objetivo último o aumento do poder do país, em termos soft e de barganha. A seguir, no segundo capítulo, abordamos o paradigma de política externa do governo Cardoso, a ‘autonomia pela participação’, com ênfase nas percepções sobre o papel da integração e os planos para o entorno regional. No terceiro, quarto e quinto capítulos, respectivamente, analisamos o discurso da ‘agenda democrática’ e as iniciativas e medidas de promoção e defesa da democracia. Por fim, no sexto capítulo, retomamos nossa hipótese e apresentamos nossa interpretação das razões da agenda democrática da política externa do governo Cardoso. / During the Cardoso administration (1995-2002), the issue of democracy was on the top of the international agenda of Brazil. In that period, the country engaged in initiatives and advocated measures to promote and defend democracy in the Southern Cone, in South America, in the American System and beyond. He took a leading role in the creation of tools for the defense of democracy in the context of arrangements for economic integration and political cooperation. He led or supported many declarations, agreements, consensus and commitments that aimed to promote democratic values. He made efforts to prevent or reverse coups and resolve political crisis triggered by the manipulation of elections in several occasions, most of them involving neighboring countries. Moreover, during the Cardoso administration, the promotion and defense of democracy were among the main objectives and guidelines of Brazilian foreign policy. Consistent with this, they became the focal point of the project for South American integration and received the attention of presidential diplomacy. For these quantitative and qualitative aspects, as well as the fact that Brazil is not a traditional ‘exporter’ of democracy, the Cardoso administration’s involvement in the promotion and defense of this model of political organization is paradigmatic. Taking this into account, plus the fact that, until now, the issue has not been systematically investigated, the general objective of this dissertation is to improve our understanding of the reasons for the ‘democratic agenda’ of the Cardoso administration’s foreign policy, as we call it. To this end, in the introduction chapter, we review the major works that, directly or indirectly, deal with the issue. After this exercise, we develop our hypothesis: The initiatives and measures to promote and defend democracy carried out by the Cardoso administration had as immediate goals the preservation of political stability in the regional environment and the increase of the credibility of Brazil before the neighborhood and the world, and as ultimate goal the increase of the country’s power, in terms soft and of bargaining. Then in the second chapter, we discuss the foreign policy paradigm of the Cardoso administration, the ‘autonomy through participation’, with an emphasis on perceptions of the role of integration and the plans for the regional environment. In the third, fourth and fifth chapters, respectively, we analyze the discourse of the ‘democratic agenda’ and the initiatives and measures to promote and defend democracy. Finally, in the sixth chapter, we return to our hypothesis and present our interpretation of the reasons for the ‘democratic agenda’ of the Cardoso administration’s foreign policy.

The dissertation documented the degree of Turkey’s involvement in the promotion of democracy in the Arab Middle East (ME). Initially, I investigated why and under what conditions Turkey promotes democracy in the ME, and then I explained strategies through which Turkey promotes democracy in the region. I applied the neo-classical realist theoretical framework and a mixed methodology in the research, and I provided evidence from two sources: face-to-face interviews with the Turkish and foreign officials and common citizens, and the statistical data from institutions, such as the OECD, Turkish Statistical Institute, and World Bank. My research indicates that Turkey promotes democracy through seven channels. These channels are official development assistance (ODA), mentoring, demonstrative effect, normative pressure, conditionality, military power, enlargement, and civil society organizations. Turkey promotes democracy in the ME for three substantial reasons: first, to advance its security and economic interests; second, to improve the political, social, and economic conditions of people living in the region; and third, to create long-term regional stability, crucial for cooperation in economic and security realms. I attempted to engage in debates with two distinct, but interrelated fields of comparative politics and international relations. My most important contribution to the field is that I documented Turkey’s case of democracy promotion regarding the degree of Turkey’s involvement in this endeavor, its strategies, specificities, and effectiveness in the region. I also contribute to the field as I explained the difference between democracy promotion policies of a regional power, such as Turkey, and global powers, such as the US. I further engaged in discussions that illuminate some aspects of the interplay between the identity and strategic interests in states’ foreign policy decisions.

The purpose of this study is twofold: First, to inquire how the George W. Bush administration plans to keep America safe from external threats and second – based on the assumption that neoconservatives have influenced the Bush administration – examine how neoconservative ideas have influenced this strategy to protect America. The research questions are as follows: What is the content of the Bush administration’s security strategy? How are neoconservative ideas reflected in this security strategy? To answer the first question, the main points of two studied documents were summarized. The summarized documents were the two versions of the National Security Strategy of the United States of America that the George W Bush administration has released during its tenure. These documents state the official security strategy of the United States and give a general view over the threats against America and how the administration plans to deal with these threats. To answer the second question the author studied literature about neoconservatism and gained valuable knowledge about the neoconservatives, which resulted in the creation of an analyzing instrument. This analyzing instrument was later applied on the empirical material that was gathered by answering the first question and in turn answered the second question. The result of the study is that the Bush administration believes that by spreading freedom and fighting tyranny around the world, America will become safer. To accomplish this, the administration will employ the full array of political, economic, diplomatic and other tools at their disposal. Neoconservative influences on the strategy were found repeatedly – one of the most obvious influences being the administration’s adoption of the principle of preemptive strikes against enemies.

Bibliographic note KLIMEŠOVÁ, Tereza. The Implications of the Intervention in Iraq for the United States' Policy of Democracy Promotion. Master thesis. Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of International Studies, Supervisor Ph.Dr. Jan Hornát, Ph.D. Abstract Democracy promotion has been an integral part of US foreign policy for more than a century. Particularly at the end of the 20th century, democracy flourished worldwide as autocratic regimes collapsed at large and scholars talked about the "End of History." Nevertheless, the current situation is very different, and substantial democratic backsliding is observable. Many scholars are tracing the origins of this decline to the Bush's Freedom Agenda, particularly the intervention in Iraq in 2003, arguing that it was the initial turning point for US democracy promotion. However, this thesis argues that the invasion and the subsequent war were pivotal only in part. The most visible implications were within the public perception of democracy promotion. Due to the US engagement in Iraq, domestic support deteriorated substantially. Moreover, the international community's perception of the US as a benign democracy exporter crumbled as well. Another change was observable within the rhetoric of President Obama after taking office in 2009. In...

The Master Thesis American Foreign Policy and the Arab Uprisings in Egypt, Libya, and Syria concentrates primarily on the conflict between democracy promotion and pursuit of strategic and security interests within the U.S. foreign policy with respect to uprisings in Egypt, Libya, and Syria that broke out in the beginning of 2011. The thesis also concentrates on the processes and the tools used by the United States to support either democratization efforts or their vital interests and how these processes were publicly communicated. The thesis is divided into three parts. The first part analyzes history of democracy promotion in the U.S. foreign policy and its conflict with interest-based stability promotion. The second, and the most extensive, part examines the uprisings in Egypt, Libya, and Syria with an accent on the U.S. foreign policy. The third part seeks to identify patterns and features of the U.S. foreign policy with respect to the uprisings in the mentioned countries using the facts mentioned in the previous two chapters. The thesis uses mainly newspaper articles and expert opinions as the principle sources. As the topic is a very current issue there is no huge number of academic sources available especially concerning the later phases of the uprisings. Also, official sources like analyses...

The thesis focuses on analyzing the support of democracy model through the external governance and its efficiency as potentially more successful alternative to leverage and linkage. The theoretical part shows that democratic governance defines democracy according to the following principles: transparency, accountability and public participation. It is also based on the concept of external governance, which focuses on expanding EUs internal rules beyond its borders. For this purpose the case of Eastern Partnership was chosen. This case uses the mechanism of external governance and also applies the strategy of the support of the democracy in sector cooperation. The efficiency of this initiative or rather support of the democracy through the external governance is evaluated by comparative analysis of impact of cooperation of EU and partner country on their legislative development within the three selected sector policies (energy industry, environmental protection, justice and home affairs). The time period for the research is from establishing of the initiative in 2009 to the summit in Vilnius in the fall 2013. After general assessment of the results it can be said that the EU was successful in more than half the studied cases and thus EU is, more or less capable of an integration of its democratic...

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Democracy assistance aims to encourage democratization process or solidify already existing democratic system in a foreign country. The strategy that should accomplish such goal differs according to donor country. Similarly, there are differences between Czech and American democracy assistance approaches. Diploma thesis Czech and American democracy assistance: the case study of Myanmar examines contrasts between Czech and American democracy promotion in Myanmar within the period of major political changes. The Asian country underwent transformation starting in 2011 when military junta passed several reforms, opened up a dialog with political opposition and arranged partly free parliamentary elections in 2015. The thesis focuses on Czech and American assistance and its evolution from the prerevolution period starting in 2007, through the peak of reform changes, up to NLD winning the majority of parliamentary seats and their governance in 2018. Czech democracy assistance appears to be characterized by their focus on civil society activization and bottom-up approach. On the contrary, the United States stress more than Czech assistance projects marked with political approach, thus securing free and fair election processes and other functioning democratic institutions. The case study of Myanmar and...

Following the signature of the Millennium Declaration in 2000, and of the Lisbon treaty in 2009, the EU developed a key-role role on the international stage notably through the development of the CSFP and its HR representative, Federica Mogherini. While the EU reinforced its security policies, its involvement in developing countries increased as well. Higher requirements toward its foreign partners are expected, notably regarding the implementation of democratic principles. The EUROMED partnership, through which Tunisia is bound to the EU´s financial support and socio-economic goals, deploys a wide range of democracy promotion instruments. This research looks at the meanings of democracy in the context of the EU-Tunisian partnership through a transversal discursive analysis based on the work of Chaban & Holland, the foucauldian normative theory and the criteria for an ideal democracy from Dahl and Habermas. The analysis compares two layers of democratic discourses: the official one, from the EU and the Tunisian government; and the civil society level, from NGOs, journalists and activist bloggers. The aim of the study being to look at the possible mismatch between democratic discourse and democratic realities, resulting in a transformation of the democracy definition. The findings show discrepancies between the EU´s institutionalized democratic discourse, the Tunisian governments newly democratic discourse based on familial and religious values, and finally a Tunisian civil society distanced from political life, but speaking the "parrhesian" truth of Foucault and appearing as the last authentic layer of authentic democracy.

La tesi analizza le politiche di promozione della democrazia messe in atto dall'Unione Europea, al fine di inquadrare queste ultime nell'ambito del dibattito sulla dimensione internazionale dei processi di democratizzazione. L'opera si divide in due parti. La prima parte, teorica, pone le basi per la comprensione dei concetti di democrazia, democratizzazione, e dell'influenza del sistema internazionale sui processi di democratizzazione. La seconda parte, empirica, applica tali nozioni, e la definizione di politiche di promozione della democrazia, al caso specifico. Obiettivo della tesi è quello di mostrare la peculiarità dell'azione dell'UE nell'ambito delle politiche di promozione della democrazia. / The thesis analyses EU's democracy promotion policies in order to put these latter in relation to the wider debate on the international dimension of democratization. It is divided into two parts. The first, mainly theoretical draws the foundations for the understanding of the concepts of democracy, democratization, and the international dimension of democratization. The second part, empirical, apply these notions and the definition of democracy promotion policies, to the specific case of the EU. The goal is to show the peculiarity of EU's action in this field.