Gary Ackerman: “I think there is a certain amount of international naivete spearheaded…”

On the recordApril 24, 2012

I think there is a certain amount of international naivete spearheaded by American and Western notions of democracy...

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Ackerman critiques the belief that democracy can be easily established in conflict zones.

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