USAID's Paul Bonicelli

Interview | Bonicelli explains how the United States promotes democracy, why there's hope for Iraq, and why culture matters | Les Sillars

Paul Bonicelli, a former staffer with the International Relations Committee of the House of Representatives, and then academic dean of Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, Va., now oversees the $1.2 billion that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) spends annually on democracy and governance programs, mostly in Iraq and Afghanistan. As President Bush "talks the talk" on democracy-building in the Middle East and around the world in his Jan. 31 State of the Union address, Mr. Bonicelli must "walk that talk."

WORLD Why should the United States be involved in democracy-building programs? Isn't it elitist to presume that democracy is always the best system for other nations and cultures?

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