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April 2003, Volume 14, Number 2
The Cracked Foundations of the Right to SecedeDonald L. Horowitz
The claim that ethnic minorities have a moral and legal right to secede from states is a dangerous fiction with perilous implications for divided societies.
What Is Liberal Islam?
- The Sources of Enlightened Muslim Thought
Abdou Filali-Ansary
There is an emerging current of enlightened thought in the Muslim world today, but it is all too often wrongly labeled and poorly understood. - The Elusive Reformation
Abdelwahab El-Affendi
An "Islamic Reformation" is not a necessary condition for the emergence of democracy in the Muslim world; what is most needed is a political reformation. - The Silenced Majority
Radwan A. Masmoudi
Liberal Islam remains marginal because it is politically suppressed; in truth, it represents the predominant political hopes of Muslims around the world. - Faith and Modernity
Laith Kubba
If they are to understand Islam authentically and to embrace the modern world freely, Muslims must take a new attitude toward their traditions of interpretation.
Michael Kraus
Invited to join the European Union next year, the Czech Republic has a weak governing coalition that faces deep challenges at home.
Slovakia's Second Transition
Kevin Deegan Krause
Slovakia's 2002 elections indicate the waning of nationalist authoritarianism and augur well for the consolidation of democracy.
Turkey at the Polls
- After the Tsunami
Soli Özel
After enduring years of paternalism punctuated by trauma, Turkish voters have pointed their country in a new direction. - A New Path Emerges
Ziya Önis and E. Fuat Keyman
The recent parliamentary victory of the AKP represents a new political course that holds enormous potential for Turkish democracy.
Latin America's Lost Illusions
- Dispirited Politics
Peter Hakim
The strains of economic reform have not increased support for antidemocratic populism in Latin America, but they have led to acute dissatisfaction with democratic governments. - The Future of Structural Reform
Eduardo Lora and Ugo Panizza
As Latin America suffers from its worst economic crisis in decades, the reform of political institutions remains the region's best hope. - Decentralization and Political Parties
Christopher Sabatini
Decentralization, heralded as a means of increasing state efficiency and improving representation, has fragmented Latin America's already weak party systems. - Brazil's New Direction
Wendy Hunter
The recent election of political outsider Lula da Silva as president is a sign of hope for the future of democracy in Brazil. - A Road with No Return?
Marta Lagos
What can public-opinion research tell us about the staying power of democracy in the region? Has it passed the point of any possible return to authoritarianism?
Books in Review
- The Post-Soviet Political Mind
Vladimir Tismaneanu
A review of Conversations with Gorbachev by Mikhail Gorbachev and Zdenek Mlynár.
Election Watch
- Brief reports on elections in Armenia, Djibouti, Estonia, Kenya, Kiribati, Lithuania, Madagascar, Micronesia, Montenegro, Seychelles, and South Korea.
Documents on Democracy
- Excerpts from past presidential addresses by Václav Havel who, on February 2, 2003, stepped down from power after almost 14 years as president first of Czechoslovakia, and then of the Czech Republic.
- Excerpts from Nicaraguan president Enrique Bolańos's remarks on being awarded the National Endowment for Democracy's Democracy Service Medal on February 25, 2003, in recognition of his outstanding efforts to advance democracy and fight corruption in Nicaragua.
- Excerpts from AKP chairman (now prime minister) Recep Tayyip Erdogan's December 9, 2002 speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.
- Excerpts from Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's inaugural address, delivered on January 1, 2003.
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