Sunday, April 03, 2005

Democracy Falls on Barren Ground

The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Contributor: Democracy Falls on Barren Ground: "Democracy is on the march, we are told; yet another despot of the former Soviet world has been cast aside.

It's a good story, but I'm afraid that plugging the political upheaval of this poor Central Asian nation into the paradigm du jour is akin to stuffing an elephant into a gorilla skin."

Compare to the breathless Stephen Swartz.

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