Creating false choices

Council on Foreign Relations Fellow Joshua Kurlantzick hits Obama on democracy in today’s Washington Post:

For all Obama’s compromises, the choice between human rights and other priorities may be a false one. Obama may not need to pick between criticizing regimes like those in China and Iran and working with those governments on other challenges. “You can see the Dalai Lama and rhetorically push on human rights and still have the other elements of the relationship with China,” said Sophie Richardson of Human Rights Watch.