POL112H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa, Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Islamic Democracy
17 Sep 2013
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After america"s invasion of iraq in 2003 democracy seemed to march in the middle east. Iraq"s authoritarian neighbours were nervous and the region appeared to enter a pol ferment. Baath party dictatorship in iraq, syria"s baathist regime became fearful of being the next and iran"s clerical rulers sent a letter to the white house proposing broad negotiations. President bush and members of his administration issued a notice of a bold change in u. s foreign policy toward the middle east . it was declared as forward strategy for freedom in the middle east . He also said that it was time for egypt to show the way toward democracy in middle east . During 2004, diverse opposition groups as leftist, islamist, and liberal gathered demanding systemic pol reforms permitting a freer and more open society with more neutrally administered elections. Their demands included a competitive presidential election, which had heretofore been a simple yes-or-no plebiscite to.
