For nearly two decades, the United States devoted more than $2 billion towards democracy promotion in the Middle East … allow democracy programs whose ultimate aim is to challenge the power of such regimes, Marketing Democracy examines the … construction and practice of democracy aid in Washington DC and in Egypt and Morocco, two of the highest recipients of US democracy …

What explains the limited impact of U.S. spending on democracy promotion in the Middle East? The results of a cross …-national study commissioned by the USAID to assess the effectiveness of its spending on democracy in its programs worldwide found … that such aid works; the only exception, however, were programs in the Middle East. Case studies of U.S. democracy …