Neo-Conservatives, Democracy Promotoin and American Foreign Policy

Preservation and strengthening of American hegemony and spreading of democracy across the world are two important elements of foreign policy approach of neo-conservatives. Developments which generated the neo-conservatism as a new stream of thought also generated idea of democracy promotion in the neo-conservatism. Democracy promotion has been in foreign policy approach of the neo-conservatives as a realizable aim since 1980s. Democracy promotion was perceived by the neo-conservatives as the best option which can fill the ideological gap in the American foreign policy in post-Cold War era. The neoconservatives in George W. Bush administration were effective in making of active policies for spread democracy. Arab Spring is a test case to check sincerity of the neo-conservatives who supported democratization of the Middle East after the September 11 attacks.