A half-day international conference celebrating the 80th anniversary of Vaclav Havel's birth.

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Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow Raza Rumi discussed the broad themes outlined in his book, Fractious Path: Pakistan's Democratic Transition, along with the implications for the future of Pakistan’s democracy.

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The Dangers of Deconsolidation “Citizens in a number of supposedly consolidated democracies in North America and Western Europe” are now “more cynical about the value of democracy as...

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“The history that has come down to us in writing is very much a history of conflict over political power. The most well-attested of these conflicts have been ‘international’, that is, conflicts...

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Please join for a screening of the documentary, "Love and War on the Rooftop," which chronicles the story of former militants and sworn enemies turned theater actors and friends, and recounts the process that led to this successful transformation.

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Please join us for a discussion on “Democratizing China: Insights from Theory and History” to mark the publication of Minxin Pei’s forthcoming book China’s Crony Capitalism: The Dynamics of Regime Change (available in August). David Shambaugh and Geoff Dyer will provide comments.

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A number of Latin American countries are in the midst of turmoil. Brazil has been rocked by public anger over corruption, bringing President Dilma Rousseff to the brink of impeachment. Yet as Marcus André...

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The Fall/Winter 2016 issue of Democracy & Society, published by the Center for Democracy and Civil Society at Georgetown University, included as its leading article an essay by Journal of Democracy...

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In his new book, Post-Communist Mafia State, Dr. Bálint Magyar explores how, in Hungary, the ruling Fidesz party has removed key institutional checks on power and has rigged the system to ensure a favored few receive the most rewards.

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Please join us for a screening of the powerful documentary, The Trials of Spring, which chronicles the saga of the Egyptian people and the backlash against them, through the story of Hend Nafea, an inspiring young woman driven to help shape a new, more inclusive Egypt.

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