What is the state of democracy worldwide? Countries around the world are striving to establish working democracies / Countries around the world are failing to establish working democracies / Free markets foster democracies / Free markets threaten democracy / The Internet has advanced democratic causes / The Internet has not advanced democratic causes / Can there be democracy in the Middle East? Western democracy will never take hold in the Middle East / Islam remains a barrier to democracy in the Middle East / The Muslim Brotherhood is a threat to democratic change in Egypt / The Muslim Brotherhood is not a threat to democratic change in Egypt / The Muslim Brotherhood's role in democratic change in Egypt remains unclear / Israel is the only true democracy in the Middle East / Israel is not an example of democracy in the Middle East / What should be done to improve US democracy? American democracy is broken / American democracy is not broken / To improve US democracy, low-income workers should share the income tax burden / To improve US democracy, end tax cuts for the richest Americans / To improve US democracy, make the tax code more transparent / Corporate funding of political ads will hinder the democratic election process / Corporate funding of political ads will not hinder the democratic election process / Should the United States foster democracy worldwide? Promoting democracy worldwide increases US national security / Promoting democracy worldwide does not increase US national security / The United States should promote true democracy in the Middle East / Promoting democracy in the Middle East should benefit US interests / A league of democracies would benefit the world and advance democracy / A league of democracies would not benefit the world nor spread democracy