rich by taking advantage of power and privilege, by stealing from the state, and diminishing the power of the law. In order to ensure predatory states do not occur, institutions must be put in place to establish control and order. So that democracy can be revived, and sustained, throughout the world, the U.S. and other developed countries must play their part. The U.S. should primarily give financial aid to countries that are using the money to further develop their governance. This selectivity is defined in the Millennium Challenge Account (part of Bush's foreign policy). Under this policy, it says a country will receive aid dependent on "whether they rule justly, whether they invest in basic health care and education, and whether they promote economic freedom." The important thing to remember is promoting democracy will take time and effort. Books As author Ill Winds: Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency, Penguin Press, 2019 In Search of Democracy, Routledge, 2016 The Spirit of Democracy, Times Books, 2008 Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq, Owl Books, 2005, Developing Democracy: Toward Consolidation, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999 Promoting Democracy in the 1990s, Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict, 1995 Class, Ethnicity, and Democracy in Nigeria, Syracuse University Press, 1988 As editor Political Culture and Democracy in Developing Countries Democracy in Decline?, with Marc F. Plattner Democratization and Authoritarianism in the Arab World, with Marc F. Plattner Will China Democratize?, with Andrew J. Nathan and Marc F. Plattner Democracy in East Asia: A New Century, with Yun-han Chu and Marc F. Plattner Liberation Technology: Social Media and the Struggle for Democracy, with Marc F. Plattner Politics and Culture in Contemporary Iran, with Abbas Milani Democracy in Developing Countries, four-volume series, with Juan J. Linz and Seymour Martin Lipset Essays and articles References External links Larry Diamond Biography provided by Stanford University Larry Diamond papers, 1969-1977, at Stanford University "No Exit Strategy" – David Rieff reviews Diamond's book in The Nation magazine. Interviews South China Morning Post podcast in which Larry Diamond shares his views on Hong Kong political reforms in a podcast interview with scmp.com reporter, James Moore, on September 19, 2006. Interview 3mins 43secs into podcast. 1951 births Living people Stanford University alumni Stanford University faculty Vanderbilt University faculty Hoover Institution people American political scientists American sociologists Place of birth missing (living