A new democracy paradigm has emerged throughout the Middle East with foreign policy implications for forward-thinking Western actors

The world needs more Canada. So How come Canada and “democracy assistance” are oxymoronic? In a blast-from-the-past from Canada's Journal of Ideas, relevant again because of Tunisia and Egypt's uprisings, Shuvaloy Majumdar and Christopher Sands argue Canada should imitate how Ronald Reagan and U.S. labour leader Lane Kirkland helped out Poland's Solidarity in the 1980s….

China has proposed a bill to crack down on pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. A group of Winnipeggers originally from Hong Kong gathered Saturday to support freedom in the semi-autonomous metropolis. Shuvaloy Majumdar and Christopher Sands argue that democracy promotes peace-loving values. Canada should help people in emerging democracies master the skills and habits of democratic life.