China at the Tipping Point
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Many analysts believe that the resilience of the PRC’s authoritarian regime is approaching its limits, as a result of deep changes that have been taking place in China. The state apparatus is still strong, but it must deal with an increasingly contentious, nimble, and resilient civil society. But does this mean there will be a “tipping point” away from authoritarianism in the near future?
Media in Transition: Coverage of the 2011 Election in Kyrgyzstan...
01:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Panelists examine the challenges to independent media leading up to Kyrgyzstan's October election and the outlook for press freedom in the wake of a decade of political instability and polarization.
Democracy in East Asia and Taiwan in Global Perspective
10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
A two-day conference in Taiwan brought together policymakers, academics and members of civil society to discuss the future of democratic development in East Asia.
Securing Dalit Rights and Building Democracy in Nepal: The...
04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
At this event, we celebrated the life and work of Suvash Darnal, a Nepalese democracy and human rights advocate, and former Reagan-Fascell Fellow.
Address by H.E. Tsakhia Elbegdorj
02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
President H.E. Tsakhia Elbegdorj of Mongolia addressed Mongolia's newly appointed Presidency of the Community of Democracies.
Making Gender Quotas Work: A Case for Doubling the Seats...
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
In her presentation, Dr. Medha Nanivadekar examined the contradiction between an excess of quotas for women at the local level and their deficit at the state and national levels. She argued that equal access to power at the highest levels would not only boost perceptions of women’s political power but would ultimately result in reduced individual vulnerability to gender-based violence and discrimination.
Combating Corruption in Nigeria: The Promise of Investigative...
12:00 PM - 12:00 PM
In his presentation, Mr. Dayo Aiyetan, an accomplished Nigerian investigative journalist, examined the threat posed by corruption to Nigerian democracy and explored the role that new models of watchdog journalism, particularly non-profit centers and other research organizations, can play in reversing this troubling trend.
North Korean Human Rights Advocacy: Making the Most of Scarce...
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
The chairman of NED grantee Database Center for North Korea Human Rights (NKDB) participated in a seminar at Johns Hopkins SAIS examining the findings of the 2010 White Paper on North Korean Human Rights, which provided systematically researched and analyzed data on human rights violations in North Korea.
Can Anyone Hear Us? Voices from the 2009 Unrest in Urumchi
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
In advance of the one-year anniversary of the Urumchi unrest, analysts assessed the causes of the transformation of peaceful demonstrations into deadly inter-ethnic violence, government policy responses to the unrest, the effect of those policies on Uyghur and Han populations in Xinjiang, and the likely outcomes of the May 2010 Xinjiang Work Conference hosted by Chinese President Hu Jintao.
Democracy in East Asia: An Elephant’s Graveyard?
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
In his presentation, Dr. Benjamin Reilly explained the competing trends of democratic reform and democratic pushback across Northeast and Southeast Asia, and addressed the broader implications of this distinctive process of democratization in East Asia.
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