Remarks by the President of the United States of America George W. Bush at the Democracy and Security International Conference 2007 in Prague. The conference is jointly hosted by the Adelman Institute for Strategic Studies at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem, the Prague Security Studies Institute and the Foundation for Social Analysis and Studies.The Democracy and Security International Conference agenda is designed to explore the proposition that there exists a direct linkage between the promotion of democracy and the strengthening of security. The policy focus of the conference aims to examine this linkage delineated in recent statements and publications by Natan Sharansky and Jose M. Aznar.
The connection between human rights and political relations became a guiding principle for the Helsinki Process and a central theme in the writings of Vaclav Havel, Natan Sharansky and other freedom fighters. The Helsinki process helped set the stage for the end of the Cold War and has become a subject of intense historic scrutiny and discussion.