Why is There No Arab Democracy?: Democracy Seminar with Larry Diamond, Hoover Institution

Why is there not a single democracy in the Arab world today, when every other region has a significant number of democracies? At this recent seminar of the Democracy Seminar Series, Larry Diamond examines possible cultural, historical, economic, political, institutional, and geostrategic explanations for the democracy deficit in the Arab world. For more information on the series produced by the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School, please visit