助力民主三十年(2/2)

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概述：美国全国民主基金会成立三十年，该组织旨在促进及推动全球的民主化。三十年来，全球民主化进程收获颇丰。
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IRI
NDI
Vladimir Putin
Melinda Haring
Azerbaijan
Foreign Policy Research Institute
Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan
Wollack
Carl Gershman
Saudi Arabia
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The Republican IRI and Democratic NDI left Russia last year under pressure from President Vladimir Putin's government.
Melinda Haring, a former NDI program officer in Azerbaijan, and now with the Foreign Policy Research Institute, says field-based democratic aid should only be used in partly-free countries.
"When you're in a place like Kazakhstan or Uzbekistan or Azerbaijan or even in Russia, you have to pay the piper. You can't implement programs that really challenge the regime."
But Wollack points to numerous successes in which his agency has been involved, including this year's elections in Kenya, which were far more peaceful than previous ballots. "And a lot of effort was made in promoting dialogue between political parties, dialogue between the election authorities and parties, engaging youth constructively in the political process."
Carl Gershman admits that democracy is often slow to take root, but it has global demand. "Even in difficult countries like Saudi Arabia, or in North Korea, there are people, even there, who are trying to take the next step toward democracy. Over time, given enough time, I do think it's inevitable. I do think it's inevitable."
And for 30 years, the U.S. democracy groups have been making progress, one country at a time.然而这些实地团体很容易受到东道主政府的反对。
共和党的国际共和研究所以及民主党的国家民主研究所去年在普京政府的压力下离开了俄罗斯。
梅琳达•哈林是阿塞拜疆的前国家民主研究所项目官员，现在她供职于外交政策研究所。她说，实地民主救援应该只在半自由国家展开。
“当你在哈萨克斯坦或者乌兹别克斯坦、阿塞拜疆甚至俄罗斯某地时，你必须（为你的行为）承担后果。你不能实施那些真正挑战政体的计划。”
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然而华来科拿他们机构原来参与过的非常多的成功案例为例，其中包括比之前选举更加和平有序的今年的肯尼亚大选在内。“为促进政党间、选举当局和党派间对话（他们）做出了很多努力，让青年人积极地投身到本次政治进程中。”
卡尔•杰士曼承认民主的生根总是缓慢的，但是它有全球性的需求。“即使在沙特阿拉伯或者朝鲜这些民主进程艰难的国家，那里也有这样的人民，即使在那，他们也正试着走向民主。只要有足够的时间，有朝一日，我相信实现民主是不可避免的。我相信这是必然的。”
三十年来，美国的民主团体一直在取得进展，一次一个国家。