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Publication Date: October 2004
Publisher: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Author(s): Michele Dunne
Research Area: Government
Type: Brief
Abstract:
President George W. Bush has suggested that other nations--Iran, North Korea, Syria--follow the example of Libya, which increased its own security by ending links with terrorist groups and surrendering weapons of mass destruction and delivery systems. Some commentators are taking a second lesson from the Libya case: The United States will forgo its declared interest in democratization and reform if a country takes positive security-related steps and has enough petroleum to offer. The United States needs to correct this impression.