Robert Kaplan
America in the Middle East
September 2005, Toronto
Christopher Hitchens
America in the Middle East
November 2005, Toronto
Fouad Ajami
America in the Middle East
February 2006, Toronto
Bernard Lewis
America in the Middle East
May 2006, Toronto
From Afghanistan and Iraq to Palestine, Egypt and Lebanon, democracy, however nascent and imperfect, seems to be taking hold in the Middle East. The driving force behind the region's transformation has been the unprecedented use of American power by the Bush administration.
Will George W. Bush's historic gamble succeed? Or, will the push for democracy sow the seeds of ethnic conflict, state failure and regional instability?
