PRI, that is a tribute to the gradual democratisation of the past two decades.
EU's position that any trade deal with Cuba should be conditional on its democratisation.
In the media openness to different points of view may be desirable but does not amount to democratisation.
For philosopher Mark Vernon "friendship is an issue in a culture of democratisation".
Welsh Liberal Democrat shadow education minister Jenny Randerson said she feared the restructure was about centralisation rather than democratisation.
Mr Zakaria goes on to look at the damage democratisation has done below the level of the federal government.
And why should authoritarian regimes in the Middle East embrace democratisation when it might mean handing power to Islamists?
This experiment emphasises the democratisation of financial decision-making - giving every community access to and control over public banks.
Even the reforming president warned that such ethnic and communal violence could damage democratisation and development in the whole country.
It is easy to imagine that hardliners lurk within Burma's military who would like to derail the ambitious democratisation and economic liberalisation process.
The State Department issued no more than a mild rebuke, saying that General Musharraf's changes could be a setback for democratisation in Pakistan.
The implication is that if you push, say, China or the Middle East towards democratisation too quickly, you will produce unstable, illiberal regimes.
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On the economy, Ms Park promised more focus on a "creative economy" founded in "economic democratisation" that would expand beyond existing markets and sectors.
"To accept this result is to discredit democracy in Ghana and, in the process, distort the process of democratisation in Africa, " the NPP said.
"We just hope that the pumping of foreign funds in South Africa will not undermine the further democratisation and transformation in our country, " he said.
Last year, encouraged by Indonesia's deepening democratisation and its co-operation in fighting terrorism, America scrapped its restrictions on military aid (including providing weapons) to the country.
This is true even in China, which is always cited as evidence that there is no link between democratisation and the existence of a middle class.
That came atop other slights that have strained Egyptian-American ties, such as Mr Bush's occasional and nowadays increasingly infrequent criticism of Egypt's appalling record on democratisation and human rights.
But, whereas some Arabs saw a sinister design in this sudden championing of democratisation, others found it a promising change from America's previous coddling of friendly dictators.
She said it would be through the "democratisation of education" that change in the world can come about, speaking of the importance of access to learning for all.
"The message implied by this personnel list is that the people's congress system still 'has a long way to go' in moving towards democratisation, " the Apple Daily laments.
The real strength of Tajikistan's democratisation will then be tested.
Not surprisingly, many Arabs suspect that reforms in Egypt and elsewhere are cosmetic, intended mainly to appease the Bush administration, which actively preaches democratisation as a foil to extremism.
Indeed, the junta's position towards Aung San Suu Kyi may have hardened further in reaction to developments that could significantly alter the political status quo albeit to the exclusion of genuine democratisation.
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That is not necessarily an argument against rapid democratisation.
True enough, American pressure for democratisation has been inconsistent.
Today's world is filled with failed efforts at democratisation.
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In fact, on most Middle Eastern issues Islamism, democratisation, the danger of Iranian nuclear weapons the two countries still have similar goals, although expansion of settlements in the West Bank is an obvious exception.
On Wednesday, the king told Mr Ensour that the "primary responsibility of this government in this transitional phase is to pave the way for a qualitative leap in Jordan's political history and democratisation".
That made it easier to decide in 2002, after the defeat of the Taliban government, to send troops (there are now over 2, 800), as well as to contribute to the process of democratisation.
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