Interests of Democracy Promotion

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------------------------------------------------- Kevin Zeng ------------------------------------------------- 32026114 ------------------------------------------------- TA: Mendee ------------------------------------------------- Dr. Chowdhury ------------------------------------------------- Political Science 260 – Term Paper ------------------------------------------------- The intrinsic interests of democracy promotion and the effectiveness of it It was only fifty years ago that communist regimes dominated over half of the globe. Presently, there are only a few remaining states that can be considered communist regimes. The major contributing factor to this is precisely the influence of states such as the United States, Canada, and other established democracies. Today, democracies like to see themselves as the epitome of state success in promoting freedom and equality, as well as a free capitalist market for every individual. They believe that spreading these ideas to other countries will benefit not only the nation that is being helped, but also that it will have a positive effect on the world as a whole. Modern democracies view the spread of peace and liberty as their primary policy goal. However, it remains to be determined whether this is the case or if states are acting in their own interests. There has to be underlying reasons why countries such as the United States would want to promote their values to nations abroad. In this paper, I will attempt to unravel the “true” intentions of democracies, and whether they pose a positive or negative influence on others by discussing in depth the ways that these interests, good or bad, are obtained and whether these states truly do what they claim to promote. In order to understand why democratic states promote democratic values in other countries, one has acknowledge primary types of motives which
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