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Source: http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/watch/Policywatch/policywatch2003/726.htm
Prospects for Democratization in a Post-Saddam Middle East
(Washington Institute for Near East Policy) Patrick Clawson - While democracy will not come to the post-Saddam Arab world the way it did to post-Soviet Eastern Europe, in a sudden wave made possible by a single transformative event, political liberalization could come to the Middle East after Saddam, especially if the U.S. government vigorously promotes it.