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.
2010 Democracy Award
05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
This half-day conference featured Senators Ted Kaufman and John McCain, as well as panel presentations on Lessons from Other Transitions to Democracy and The Road Ahead - Strategic Challenges for the Democratic Movement in Iran.
The Promise of Rural Journalism in Guatemala’s Fragile...
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Based in Guatemala as a journalism trainer for much of the past seven years, María Martin discussed challenges and opportunities facing rural media in the country.
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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