Democracy does not make a society more civil it exposes the civility of society. This means that it is untouchable, something as in the skies we can see it, but it does not fully work in practice yet. We have to promote democracy directly, but not as we did in Iraq in 2003. The Arab Spring was clearly testing democracy. We have a quantity of democracy, but what about the quality of democracy? There are three models of democracy: firstly, Western Democracy which is liberal, electoral and hegemonic secondly, non-western Democracy and finally, non-Democracy plus meritocracy. Open systems provide more favourable conditions to withstand any threats. The most effective form of diplomacy is silent diplomacy. We have a certain level of openness, but that openness creates more conflicts. Promoting Human Rights indirectly through Public Diplomacy (saying what you think) and symbolic diplomacy (not directly, but transmitting a message.) Discussion with Andreas List, Senior EU Diplomat and former Head of the EU Office in Myanmar, about ‘Reassessing the EU’s Human Rights and Democracy Promotion – Adjusting to Inevitable Realities?’ in Brussels, Belgium, provided by GlobalLearning
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