Furthermore, unlike Latin America, Africa, and elsewhere, Middle East democrats have not benefited from the Cold War's end. The US continues to subsidize authoritarian Arab regimes, such as Egypt (which receives at least $2 billion a year), because it buys peace with Israel and maintains US geopolitical influence in the Arab-Israeli conflict.
此外，与拉丁美洲、非洲和其它地方不同的是，中东民主并未从冷战结束中有所收获。美国继续资助埃及这样独裁的阿拉伯政府（年资助额少说也有20亿美元），原因是埃及赞成与以色列实现和平，在阿以冲突中维持了美国对地域政治的影响。