Video Resources

1. International Relations 101: Explaining the Democratic Peace
Description: This brief lecture discusses three theories explaining the democratic peace and then offers criticisms for all three.

2. Democracy Promotion Under Obama: Revitalization or Retreat?
Description: This panel discussion, hosted by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, examines the Obama administration’s democracy promotion policies in the face of upheaval in the Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Russia, and beyond.

Web Resources

1. National Endowment for Democracy
Description: This is the home page for NED, an American nonprofit foundation dedicated to the growth and strengthening democracy abroad.

2. Community of Democracies
Description: This is the official site for the Community of Democracies, a global intergovernmental coalition of democratic states.