Beware of Small States: On America’s Failure in Bahrain
\nby Peter Fettner – Papers by Peter<\/p>\n
If U.S. MENA policy is to successfully adjust to the new conditions of the Arab Spring, the citizens of the United States must get directly involved in MENA policy, helping the administration counterbalance the anti-democratic forces represented by the Saudis, big oil, AIPAC, and so forth. The alternative to genuinely supporting democracy in the Middle East and North Africa is failure in the region. But the necessary paradigm shift requires the democratization of American MENA policy through involvement from civil society; it cannot, and will not, come from above. Read Peter Fettners Paper HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n