In 1945, democracy was an ideal shared by the victors of World War //, but there are different views of democracy which become polarized between the West and the East with the advent of Cold War. ... But since the demise of socialist system in 1991 and then the triumph of liberal capitalism as well as the western-style democracy, the post-Cold War claimed that liberal democracy lays foundation for a new world order led by the U.S. hegemony which aligns democracy with the western emphasis on "civil and political right". For example, articles 25 of the International Covenant on Civil and Poli...

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