New at Reason: Michael Young on Liberalism in the Middle East

July 15, 2009

In his review of Joshua Muravchik's new book The Next Founders: Voices of Democracy in the Middle East, Contributing Editor Michael Young notes that unlike President Barack Obama, Muravchik has no qualms about presuming that liberalism and democracy are best for everyone. The Next Founders offers admiring profiles of seven individuals who have thought and behaved as liberals in Middle Eastern societies where that kind of thing can be dangerous. The result, Young writes, is an engaging work of group portraiture that is especially welcome at a time when there is otherwise so little interest in making democracy an American priority overseas.

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