中东伊斯兰国家民主化改革——压力、困境与选择

Democratic Reform in Moslem Countries in The Middle East

冷战结束后,受到来自国际和国内的双重压力,政治民主化改革成为中东伊斯兰各国政治生活的一个主题。由于西方国家同伊斯兰国家对民主的认知之间存在明显差异,同伊斯兰国家民众的民主化要求之间也有严重分歧,中东伊斯兰国家的民主化至今尚未取得显著成效。伊斯兰国家各国政府作为民主化改革的施动者,承受着协调分歧的巨大考验。中东伊斯兰国家民主化改革的前景因国内外相互冲突的民主诉求,以及各国政府协调能力的不同而面临多种选择。

After the Cold War, the Moslem countries began to carry out democratic reform, for the reasons such as the internal demands and external pressure. Due to the different cognition and standard for democracy between the west countries and the Moslem countries, most of these Moslem countries didn’t make considerable progress. The governments of the Moslem countries are feeling great pressure from outside world, and trying to eliminate these differences. The prospect of the democratic reform in the Middle East is facing different possibilities for the contradictive demands coming from inside and outside world, and the governments may have different choices.