Democratizing the Middle East: implications of Washington's policies

中东民主化：华盛顿政策的影响

• 批准号: DP0770266
• 负责人: Prof Shahram Akbarzadeh
• 金额: $ 30.46万
• 依托单位: The University of Melbourne
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2008-01-01 至 2011-12-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0770266
• 关键词: Democratizing; Middle; East; implications; Washington

Regime change has been justified by the coalition of willing as beneficial to the promotion of democracy and stable governance in the Middle East. It is, therefore, important to examine how effective this project has been. Australia's foreign policy towards the region resembles that of the United States, including military intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan. This involvement warrants an assessment of the way state building has set these two societies on a democratic trajectory, and whether they are serving as beacons of democracy in their neighbourhood. It is in Australia's national interests to have a realistic assessment of its foreign policy impact in the Middle East and Central Asia.

政权更迭的理由是，自愿联盟认为这有利于促进中东的民主和稳定治理。因此，审查这一项目的有效性很重要。澳大利亚对该地区的外交政策类似于美国，包括对伊拉克和阿富汗的军事干预。这种参与值得对国家建设如何使这两个社会走上民主轨道进行评估，以及它们是否正在成为其邻国民主的灯塔。现实地评估其外交政策在中东和中亚的影响符合澳大利亚的国家利益。