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but Syria and even

Iran have vast resources that will be very valuable to our economy in the

future.

Next, the United States must respond to the problems of

democratization and

religious revival in the Middle East and Latin America. In the Middle

East, there seems to

be the notion that attempts at democratization would lead to the downfall

of minority

rights. As Judith Miller pointed out, “The promotion of free elections

immediately is likely

to lead to the triumph of Islamic groups that have no commitment to

democracy in any

recognizable or meaningful form” (Miller 59). What the United States must

do is establish

a representational or parliamentary process that recognizes all forms of

political action.

Simply promoting free elections would lead to a backlash in

democratization efforts. The

fear is in the idea of one group outlawing another. A democracy might be

based on

majoritarian rule; but all groups, whether they be Islamic fundamentalist

or even Christian,

must be able to participate in the political process. Similarly, the

United States must show

complete support for the democratic process in Latin America. When

Salvador Allende

was elected President of Chile, the West feared the thought of a complete

Marxist

government (Rosenberg 28). What needs to be respected is not the

political ideology of

one group or country, but rather its democratic process. ” Because

democracy neither

forms countries nor strengthens them initially, a multiparty system is

best suited to nations

that already have a established bureaucracy and a middle class which pays

income tax and

where the main issues of property, and power-sharing have been resolved,

leaving two

politicians, or parties to argue about the budgets, and letting the tax

payers decide who

should come to power” (Kaplan E9).

A problem then arises as to the issue of Islamic and Christian

revivalism. How the

United States deals with this problem is crucial in maintaining its

leadership and future

economic entity’s in both regions. The revival of Islam in the Middle

East is a reaction to

Western encroachment during and after the Cold War. Traditionalists

believe that by

opening up to Western culture they are losing their true faith in Islam.

The first step in

solving this problem might be to recognize that Muslim nations do not

embrace every

aspect of liberalism. If the United States can establish itself as a

legitimate foreign investor

and/or trading partner, rejection of Western philosophies will soon begin

to diminish. The

U.S. should still stand strong in its fight to combat terrorism and

radical militant groups,

but must also stop showing favoritism in the region (i.e. Saudi Arabia).

The democratic

process can work, but it needs to show the nations of the Middle East that

it can be

reconciled with religious revival. This is done by allowing groups,

majority or minority, the

chance to reap in the rewards of democracy.

Can religious revival be intertwined with economic development or

democracy in

Latin America? The case of Brazil gives us good evidence as to whether

it can or cannot.

“The theory of liberation grew out of the militant priests’ direct

involvement with the

working poor, both urban and rural” (Haynes 100). In Brazil, the poor

have always been

embraced by the church. Priests have worked to show that the church is

taking an active

role in the impoverished lives of that country. The idea began to spread

through out the

slums and the pueblos, and the poor were soon being encouraged to

participate in some

sort of political movement, no matter how minor or trivial it seemed.

This was the first

evidence of a nation undergoing a religious revival and taking steps

toward development

and democracy. It has been proven that participation in a regime allows

for a greater wealth

of resources economically and politically, while encouraging development.

But, if we try

to impose our will by force or intimidation, there will be few willing

volunteers to follow

and join such a movement. Again, the United States needs to respect the

efforts of

religious revival because it is returning Christianity or Islam to its

roots just as the U.S. is

trying to establish democracy to its most basic fundamental aspect in

many of these

developing nations. The U.S. must allow democracy, in whatever form it

takes, to grow.

This means concentrating on being empathetic and tolerant to the political

and economic

developments that might occur during this time of change, rather than

taking forceful

actions that many believe is necessary. The role the United States took

when communism

was being defeated in Eastern Europe and the Western way of life was being

pushed to the

forefront is the same approach it needs to take with most of these

developing nations.

Since the United States is at it’s peak of power in relation to

other civilizations, and

Western military power is unrivaled, the U.S. must attempt redefine it

image in the non-

Western part

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