Author: Steven A. Cook | Journal of Democracy

Articles by Steven A. Cook:

January 2006, Volume 17, Issue 1

Getting to Arab Democracy: The Promise of Pacts

Steven A. Cook

Strategies based on transition pacts that reduce rulers' risks and cushion their retreat from total power may be the most promising route to democracy in the Arab world.

October 2006, Volume 17, Issue 4

Exchange: Mistaking Data for “Theory”

Steven A. Cook

We should neither be too hasty to discount the prodemocratic political ferment in the Arab world, nor be fooled into thinking that Islamist groups will play a constructive part in democratic transitions.