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In The Problem of Democracy: America, the Middle East, and the Rise and Fall of an Idea, author Shadi Hamid explores what he describes as the ‘democratic dilemma,’ the U.S. desire for democracy in theory but not in practice. Hamid cites the rise of Islamist parties during a wave of democratic elections across the Middle East, which he argues produced outcomes the U.S. was not intending, such as the empowerment of Hamas in Gaza following the 2006 Palestinian elections. 

Donald Trump and his closest aides should not pursue the objective of pushing the Muslim Brotherhood outside the fold of legitimate politics

Join us for a live conversation with senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and an assistant research professor of Islamic studies at Fuller Seminary, Dr Shadi Hamid to discuss democracy in the Mi...

A Washington Examiner symposium.

Lot left to do and not a lot of time. >> reporter: that's a policy decision that the white house is going to have to make. there are meeting regularly, in fact there's a meeting this morning to discuss afghanistan. but as of now, all indications are the u.s. military will continue on this path to be completely withdrawn from afghanistan by august 31st. >> i have a thousand more questions for you, but we'll check in with you after the briefing so you can get situated. i want to bring in a senior fellow at the center for middle east policy at the brookings institution and author of "islamic ex...