Allen Weinstein, president and founder of the Washington-based Center for Democracy, gave a lecture at the LBJ School in February. Weinstein, who has been a key participant in the emergence of the "new generation" of law-based democracies over the past 20 years, reflected on his experiences with such leaders as Russia's Boris Yeltsin, Poland's Lech Walesa, and Nicaragua¹s Violeta Chamorro during periods of democratic transition. He said he believes the United States should play a more active role in supporting new democracies but should do so without imposing its own political agenda.

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May 14, 2001

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