Democracy Paradox Shadi Hamid on Democracy, Liberalism, and the Middle East
Oct 17, 2023
Shadi Hamid, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and columnist at The Washington Post, discusses the challenges of democracy in the Middle East, the rise of Islamist parties, the fallacy of supporting strongman rulers, the pitfalls of autocracy in China, and the challenges of US policy in the Middle East.
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
The Problem of Democracy and the Rise of Islamist Parties in the Middle East
02:08 • 4min
Understanding Islamism and Middle Eastern Politics
05:50 • 26min
Examining the Fallacy of Supporting Strongman Rulers and the Challenges of Replicating the Singaporean Model
32:19 • 4min
The Rise of China and the Pitfalls of Autocracy
36:22 • 8min
Challenges of Democracy and US Policy in the Middle East
44:13 • 6min