Is Spreading Democracy in the U.S. National Interest?

Trumanism formulated a policy to contain the communist government. The spread of communism is believed to overthrow the ideals of democracy that our country believes and obeys. After the collapse of the containment policy, a new policy of spreading democracy was born. This new policy has good and bad aspects in "aid" countries and our own countries. In 2011, there were 115 election democracies, nearly 60% of the world government was democracy. In 1989, the democratic government was only 41% (Current Issues, 2011-12, p.

Today the United States states that democracies can best support the national interests of the United States. According to the US Department of State, "Democracy is a national interest that contributes to the protection of all other countries.Democracy is a national interest that will help protect peace, prevent attacks, expand open market, promote economic development, And the possibility of fighting international terrorism, and it continues to protect crime, human rights and workers' rights, prevention of humanitarian crisis and refugee outflow, improvement of the global environment, and protection of human health In the opinion stated by the US State Department, democracy is also beneficial for business, countries accepting political reform are also more likely to carry out economic reforms to boost business productivity.

Over the years democracy has steadily declined on a global scale. In the United States and Europe, traditional liberal values ​​and principles have been attacked and eroded. The proliferation of the populist government, the rise of non-liberal democracy, and their success in maintaining support have questioned whether liberal democracy is still a sustainable model for countries seeking economic development doing. The beginning of the thirteenth India Trilateral Forum was about the discussion about Indian politics under Mody and the significance of the rise of domestic and foreign BJP. In this discussion, the views of India, Europe, and the United States were presented, and future interests and their allies as Indian domestic and foreign partners were discussed.