Citation

Adesnik D, McFaul M. Wash. Q. 2006; 29(2): 5.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Georgetown University, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1162/wash.2006.29.2.7

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Diplomacy, particularly with dictatorships friendly toward the United States, is often overlooked as a means to promote democratic regime change. Yet, a closer look at three forgotten cases from the late 1980s yields several lessons for today's efforts to engage but reform autocratic allies.