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Campaigners for democracy admired Yeltsin’s struggle against the conservatives in the politburo – especially after he was forced out of the party’s inner circle in November 1987.民主运动的倡导者敬慕叶利钦同政治局那些保守派的斗争，尤其是他在1987年十一月被挤出苏共的核心圈之后。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.02.2009© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.02.2009
A democracy that produces governments led by Hamas, Hezbollah, or the Muslim Brotherhood is inevitably bound to be anti-Western and opposed to an American-inspired “peace process” with Israel.这样的民主产生了被哈马斯、真主党或穆斯林兄弟会所领导的政府，它们无可避免地会与西方对抗并且反对由美国所倡导的与以色列之间的“和 平进程”。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011
Given how central the values of human rights, democracy and the rule of law are in Europe, we feel it is our obligation to speak out against such injustices continuing unchecked.因为人权、民主和法治观念在欧洲占据了重要的地位，我们感到呼吁人们抵制这种肆无忌惮的不义行为是我们的责任。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 26.01.2011
The solution to dysfunctional democracy is not military dictatorship, but more democracy.解决运转不良的民主的办法并非是军事独裁，而是更多的民主。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 24.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 24.01.2011
5. An enthusiastic and optimistic belief in what free discussion and political democracy could do to convince peoples to adopt principles (1) through (4).5．积极而乐观地相信自由讨论和政治民主能够使人民遵循1-4的原则。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 24.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 24.01.2011
The US has a broad national interest in maintaining good relations with China, as well as a specific human rights interest in protecting Taiwan’s democracy.美国维持与中国的良好关系符合其自身国家利益，而保护台湾的民主也符合其具体的人权利益。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011
Attempting to impose democracy on others is an act of unbounded arrogance.试图给其他国家强加民主是一种毫无节制的傲慢行为。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.12.2010© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.12.2010
Since 1989, governments changed, but the state remained stable; even the postcommunists approved the rules of parliamentary democracy and a market economy.1989年后，政府发生过更迭，但国家一直保持着稳定，即使后共产主义者也对议会民主制和市场经济持赞同的态度。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 01.11.2010© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 01.11.2010
On the contrary, Pakistan’s liberals are brave to agitate for democracy, the rule of law, and accountability for Musharraf, whose presidency appears beyond rehabilitation.恰恰相反，巴基斯坦的自由主义者勇敢地鼓动民主、法治以及要求穆沙拉夫负起责任，后者的总统位置似乎还没有得到稳固。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011
They should also aim to strengthen democracy and the rule of law in the European neighborhood by tightening relations with countries such as Georgia and Ukraine.它们还应该力图通过加强与诸如格鲁吉亚和乌克兰的关系而在欧洲近邻强化民主和法治。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 13.01.2011
But anyone who thinks that my ideas constitute the intellectual foundation for the Bush administration’s policies has not been paying attention to what I have been saying since 1992 about democracy and development.但是，认为我的观点构成布什政府政策的智识根基的人并没有注意到我从1992年以来一直就民主和发展问题发表的看法。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 29.10.2010© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 29.10.2010
And, although Turkmenbashi died in December, his successor, Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, has continued to imprison dissidents, stifle freedom of expression, and scoff at democracy, as February’s rigged elections demonstrate.虽然 Turkmenbashi在去年十二月死去，他的继任者Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov继续关押持不同政见者，遏制言论自由，并嘲弄民主，正如他在二月份舞弊的选举中所表现的那样。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 29.10.2010© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 29.10.2010
Years of Western-backed repressive authoritarianism nipped in the bud any potential growth of a liberal alternative to the incumbent Arab regimes, and turned any abrupt move to free elections into a dangerous exercise in Islamic democracy.受到西方支持的专制政权多年来把任何可能会取代在位的阿拉伯政权的成长中的自由主义运动都扼杀在襁褓之中，并且任何突然推行的自由选举都演变成伊斯 兰民主危险的实施。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.01.2011
There is no better way of exporting the values of democracy than by strengthening the US internally.事实上，输出民主价值观的最佳方法，莫过于令美国从内部更加强大起来。哈维尔 索拉纳Solana, Javierlana, JavierSolana, Javie© Project Syndicate 1995 - 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 14.09.2011
Bolstering democracy, however, requires emphasizing the political dimension and public debate that is free and open to all.尽管如此，民主仍需要对全体民众自由和公开的对政治局势和公众辩论的密切关注作为支撑因素。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 27.10.2010© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 27.10.2010
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