Report - Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

Towards a New Democratic Commonwealth

Abstract

Thanks to the collapse of European communism, it is possible to envisage a new community embracing most of the states of the Northern Hemisphere. Voters in most of the former Soviet bloc countries have affirmed their commitment to democracy in repeated elections. Because of these elections, especially those in Russia, it is possible to think realistically of creating a "Commonwealth of Democracies" from Vancouver to Vladivostok to Tokyo.

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For Academic Citation: Allison, Graham, Karl Kaiser, and Sergei Karaganov. “Towards a New Democratic Commonwealth.” Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, November 30, 1996.
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The Author

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Graham Allison

  • Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School
  • Member of the Board, Belfer Center
  • Former Director, Belfer Center
  • Faculty Affiliate, Future of Diplomacy Project
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