Breaking the Real Axis of Evil: How to Oust the World's Last Dictators by 2025

In Breaking the Real Axis of Evil, ambassador Mark Palmer has the gumption to argue what diplomats and political leaders dare not speak: that global peace will not be achieved until democracies replace the world's remaining dictatorships. We know that these dictators are at the root of terrorism and war. Under their stony gaze, millions have gone to their deaths, a great tidal wave of refugees has swept across the planet, and nations have been driven into poverty, famine, and despair. Drawing on over 25 years of extensive diplomatic experience, Ambassador Palmer asks us to embrace a bold vision of a world made safe by democracy. This is the story of the last 46 dictators, the strategy and tactics to oust them, and the need to empower the people of every nation to control their own destinies.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 Introduction Part 2 The Real Axis of Evil Chapter 3 The Future with Dictators Chapter 4 A Democratic World Part 5 Ousting the Last Forty-Five Chapter 6 Power in the Modern World Chapter 7 Sanction Dictators, Not Peoples Part 8 Communities of Democracies and Democrats Chapter 9 The New Architecture of International Power Chapter 10 Freedom Caucuses Chapter 11 Global Security Alliance and Coalitions of the Willing Chapter 12 International Criminal Tribunals Chapter 13 International Parliamentary Cooperation Chapter 14 Monarchs for Democracy Chapter 15 The Nongovernmental Dimension Chapter 16 The Stakes Part 17 Opening Closed Societies Chapter 18 Presidential Leadership Chapter 19 Outsiders' Toolbox for Promoting Democracy in Dictatorships Part 20 Democracy Development Plans and Action Programs Chapter 21 Stages of Democratic Growth Chapter 22 Who Will Conduct: The International Dictatorship-to-Democracy Center Chapter 23 Why Engage? Part 24 Embassies as Freedom Houses, Ambassadors as Freedom Fighters Chapter 25 Extraordinary Opportunity for Creativity Chapter 26 Dealing Directly with Dictators Chapter 27 Ambassadors in Action Part 28 The Use of Nonviolent Force Chapter 29 Two-Stage Campaigns to Oust Dictators Chapter 30 People Power: Two Battlegrounds Chapter 31 Appendix: The Methods of Nonviolent Action Part 32 The Forty-Five Least Wanted Chapter 33 Personalistic Dictatorships Chapter 34 Monarch Dictatorships Chapter 35 Military Dictators Chapter 36 Communist Dictators Chapter 37 Dominant-Party Dictators Chapter 38 Theocratic Dictator Part 39 Out by 2025 Chapter 40 Asia Chapter 41 The "Stans", the Middle East, and North Africa: The Heart of Democratic Darkness Chapter 42 Sub-Saharan Africa Chapter 43 The Last Dictators in Europe and the Americas Part 44 Epilogue and Action Agendas

About the Author :
Mark Palmer, described by the New York Times as "the most active Western booster for economic and political liberalization," has an extensive record of government service, including four years as ambassador to Hungary, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Soviet Relations, and speech writer for three presidents and six secretaries of state, including chief speech writer for Henry Kissinger. One of the first venture capitalists into central and eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall, he has founded independent national television stations in six countries. Ambassador Palmer is active in promoting democracy, including as Vice Chairman of Freedom House, America's oldest human rights organization. He resides in Washington, DC.

Review :
Ambassador Palmer is 'Mr. Human Rights.' This can be the Age of Democracy if we heed the lessons of his book. Open societies provide only the basis for a more peaceful, prosperous world. Mark Palmer is at the cutting edge of change in the right direction. Mark Palmer's vision of a 100% democratic world is bold and important. I urge anyone interested in supporting the struggle of Chinese, Arab, African, and Cuban democrats to read this book! During and after the three world wars (two hot, one cold) of the twentieth century we and our allies have freed much of the world. Mark Palmer shows us how to finish the job. Bravo. I watched Ambassador Palmer in action in Budapest as he helped galvanize and even march with Hungarian democrats. I recommend his book to my colleagues in the Congress and in democratic parliaments around the world. Ambassador Mark Palmer's democracy manifesto is a radical blueprint for democratic change everywhere dictators oppress their people, and an impassioned call for a foreign policy true to America's founding principles. Mark Palmer's prescription for the "End of Dicatatorships" is a fundamental contribution to the debate about the world's future. He has extensively researched what works in dumping dictators peacefully, looked at each of the remaining rogue regimes and developed a new foreign policy paradigm. The only problem with President Bush's axis of evil label is that it doesn't extend far enough, argues Palmer, in this primer to promoting democracy around the world. Palmer, the U.S. ambassador to Hungary when communism collapsed more than a decade ago, builds on his experience there to provide a list of what government, diplomats, non-governmental organizations and the media can do to unseat dictators. This work offers a welcome alternative to some of the mailed-fist policies of today. One of the best but least noticed books among all tomes addressing the quest for peace in the post-September 11 era. . . . An invaluable foreign policy guide. Palmer makes an excellent case that the spirit is strong and that it must be sustained with international help. If the United States under George W. Bush (or his successors) is to be an affective agitator for democracy worldwide, then Mark Palmer's Breaking the Real Axis of Evil must become required reading for U.S. diplomats-in-training at the Foreign Service Institute, and ought to be read at think tanks, universities, and national-security establishments throughout the democratic world. Palmer, former U.S. ambassador to Hungary, argues that global peace cannot be achieved until democracies replace the world's last remaining dictators. Palmer provides a practical handbook for how to put into effect a pro-democratic foreign policy for a U.S. government that is so minded. ...should be required reading for every member of Congress and recommended for every citizen ...a wonderful book—a moral and intellectual tour de force.