In democratic countries, almost everybody agrees that religious freedom is a supremely important ideal.
Admirals and generals have often found themselves at odds with the populations of democratic countries.
It can be done by the friendly democratic countries themselves, acting jointly or in parallel.
Toward this end, President Cristiani sought aid from three democratic countries to ensure that a rigorous investigation was performed.
Democratic countries are specifically planned with checks and balances for each branch of government, which naturally creates contrasting positions.
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We can regulate biometric data at home in democratic countries, which helps.
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The 50th anniversary of the Council of Europe, as the club of some 40 (variably) democratic countries is called, meets in Budapest.
And we see it in democratic countries that choose not to ratify certain international conventions, or reinterpret conventions to which they have subscribed.
Mr Biden said he believed that the "ultimate determination of Russian democracy" would, in part, be judged by how the democratic countries around Russia developed.
But taking in newly democratic countries from Central and Eastern Europe has stretched the rules somewhat, since none is treaty-perfect (though that applies to some older hands, too).
This is why careful attention should be paid in democratic countries to existing rules devised to prevent single groups or individuals from controlling large shares of the mass media.
Russia therefore has quite good relations with some countries that are democratic, and quite bad relations with some countries that are autocratic: it determines its policies on a case by case basis not through reference to some abstract ideological construct.
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Akinkugbe says that the main areas of employment activity are the mining industry in Central African countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo, agriculture in West Africa and the oil and gas sectors in countries such as Uganda and Ghana.
When the Berlin Wall fell in late 1989, a few months before Mr. Mandela's release from jail, only three of sub-Saharan Africa's 48 countries were democratic.
The fighting ultimately drew in six countries: the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Angola, Namibia and Zimbabwe.
By 1998, 117 of the count by then of 193 countries were broadly democratic, accounting for 54% of the world's population.
Supporters say such moves would "streamline" EU decision-making, but opponents argue they would make the institution less accountable and democratic, while undermining the countries' national sovereignty.
"India and the UK are on the path to a healthy bilateral economic and commercial relationship, arising from a common democratic outlook in both the countries, " said Professor Arnoud De Meyer, director of the judge school.
The chief reason for the deteriorating situation today is the rising demand in Asia and the weak law enforcement against poachers and illegal ivory traders in central African countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic, Huijbregts said.
The United States has strong partnerships with these countries based on shared democratic values and shared interests.
Some are afraid that such problems could also plague debt relief, and are thus pushing for relief to be offered to only those countries whose governments are democratic and whose policies encourage economic growth.
Similarly, governance has deteriorated, usually substantially, in most of the poorest-performing countries, although both the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Sudan have made some headway.
That includes the five countries that account for 50 percent of child deaths worldwide (India, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pakistan and Ethiopia) and the 19 other countries that account for the next 30 percent of deaths.
Democratic progress is found in many predominantly Muslim countries.
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Its report is based on data and testimonies from several countries including Colombia, Liberia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Had they done so and brought every country to discuss the meaning of the Inter-American democratic charter, it would have been the ALBA countries that would have been isolated.
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It takes into account social, economic, political and cultural contexts of developing countries highlighting connections between journalism, development and democratic discourse.
What it can be said, however, is that unlike many countries around the world that strive to create democratic institutions, Greece invented and re-invented them many times in the course of its long history.
President Obama and the visiting leaders discussed how the United States can expand our partnership to support their efforts to strengthen democratic institutions and promote economic opportunity, both in their countries and across sub-Saharan Africa.
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