After the disappoints that followed the bloody war in Iraq, the West stopped questioning itself about the possibility of spreading democracy in the Arab-Islamic world. But the truth is, Reset and Resetdoc never stopped. This is a summary of a debate organized a few months ago by Reset and attended by Stefano Allievi, Emma Bonino, Nina zu Fürstenberg, Massimo Campanini, Renzo Guolo and Giuliano Amato, who debated Larry Diamond’s thesis.