Democratie door interventie: De nieuwe White Man’s Burden?

Intervention democracy is about one of the most current and controversial aspects of contemporary international politics: meddling in the internal affairs of states to initiate, strengthen or defend democratic development. International democracy promotion is controversial. Do we have the right and the ability to meddle in the political affairs of other states on behalf of our idea of democracy? Continuing problems in countries such as Liberia, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan and Iraq indicate that international intervention, even an international military presence, does not guarantee stability, let alone democratic development. In Democracy through intervention, the arguments for and against international democracy promotion (with or without the deployment of military personnel) are discussed.