http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/4340/jessica-agostinelli Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Thu, 14 May 2026 13:26:34 -0400 Thu, 14 May 2026 13:26:34 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1586/do-western-educated-middle-east-leaders-pass-the-democracy-test By Jessica Agostinelli - The purpose of this research is to study this linkage and its implications for democratization efforts in the Arab World. First, a large-N study is used to see the overall impact in this region of Western education of a leader with its Economist Intelligence Unit democracy index. Then, to delve deeper into the issue, two cases will be examined: that of Gaddafi, the Libyan president who was not Western-educated and was highly nationalist, and his Tunisian counterpart Ben Ali, who was Western-educated and whose country is often regarded as the sole success story of the Arab Spring. The discourse... Sun, 31 May 2015 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1586/do-western-educated-middle-east-leaders-pass-the-democracy-test