Nowhere has democracy promotion from abroad proved more contentious than in the Middle East, where authoritarian governments have often ruled fractious societies and where the religiously devout are often sharplyand sometimes violently—at odds with the more secular-minded. This session explored such issues as the democratic potential of social movements in the Middle East, including both historical examples of leftist parties as well as modern-day Islamists, and the implications for resolving the regions recurrent conflicts.
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