The benefits of authentic democracy that brings real changes to countries
By the end of his tenure that divided the whole world into ‘those against and in support of United States,’ oversaw the launch of two ongoing wars without their ends in sight, barefaced fabrications of facts and absolute disregard for international laws and unilateral approaches to resolving thorny geopolitical issues by Washington, the entire global community, along with the majority of rationally thinking U.S. citizens, was eager not only for President George Bush to irrevocably fade into political history, but also that the Republican Party that had brought him into power to lose its foothold in Washington. The result was a landslide victory for the Democratic Party ticket that propelled first-term, junior Illinois Senator Barack Obama into the White House in 2009, and with it, the new hope for opening a new chapter in global affairs.
Similarly, locally in the CIS region, most Russians, including the country’s top political leadership, and the majority of Ukrainians, who had felt betrayed by President Viktor Yuschshenko, also craved for the end of the president’s ignominious term, as his erratic domestic and overtly anti-Russia foreign policies had both alienated him from his compatriots, whilst putting Kiev on a reckless, head-on-collision course, without any chances of success, with the Kremlin on all vital issues on both countries’ bilateral agenda, ranging from his maniac aspiration for a fast-tracked NATO membership, Black Sea Fleet, status of the Russian language to gas transit via Ukraine.
Moscow’s heart-felt wishes for tangible political changes in both Ukraine and United States came true via authentically democratic processes, and with them, an array of new opportunities for improving the Russian-U.S. and Russian-Ukrainian ties, which were strained to the points of almost military confrontations under the former presidents. This was evident in the U.S. Navy’s highly provocative visit to the Black Sea during the ill-fated Georgia-South Ossetia conflict and Yuschshenko’s failed attempt to block the Russian Navy from exiting and returning to their base in the region. Kiev only backslid after Russia unequivocally issued a stern warning that its fleet can leave and return to the Crimean base, with or without Yuschshenko’s approval.
The Kremlin seems to be the biggest benefactor from the positive outcomes of the democratic changes in Washington and Kiev, going by the opportunities that has now opened up for deepening the Russian-U.S. and Russian-Ukrainian ties, compared with the stalemated positions on all key issues on the agendas under those countries’ previous leaders. For instance, the Obama’s White House has reaffirmed its strategic partnership with Russia, reached landmark agreements on other key issues with the Kremlin, including plans to pen a new START accord that will replace the outdated agreement, whose renewal, despite its huge geopolitical relevance, never made its way to Bush’s priority list. Ditto for Kiev, as the new president, Viktor Yanukovich, has promised to back down from his predecessor’s destructive anti-Moscow policies and reinstate Russia as Ukraine’s closest strategic partner.
The above-stated examples are just few of the numerous benefits that come with real and not ‘autocratically managed’ democracies, which bring tangible political and social changes for citizens and the entire world. Therefore, the earlier free and fair elections — de-facto and de-juror — are allowed to flourish effortlessly all over the globe, the better for humanity.
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