Democracy’s Global Crisis: Not the Promised Cure-All

Democracy's Global Crisis: Not the Promised Cure-All is an interesting piece by Ralph Peters on attempts to spread democracy throughout the world. He voices many of my concerns.

Democracy isn't "over." It's only beginning. No other system of government approaches its potential for decency, opportunity and equity. But democracy is also hard. Those who prescribed it as a cure-all now must face the possibility that the medicine may make the patient sicker for years before recovery can begin.