Beyond Silk and Silver: China's New Road in the Americas
09:00 AM - 11:00 AM
The Council of the Americas, Americas Quarterly, and the National Endowment for Democracy hosted a deep-dive discussion on China’s new agenda for engagement in the Americas.
“Armenia’s Velvet Revolution” by Elspeth Suthers &...
In 2018, a peaceful protest movement brought down Armenia’s semiauthoritarian government and ushered in a new political era, the culmination of a long struggle for national pride, self-determination, and...
Journal of Democracy April 2019 Issue: 30 Years After Tiananmen
The April 2019 issue of the Journal of Democracy features a set of five articles reflecting on Tiananmen, thirty years after the 1989 protests and their brutal suppression.
International Forum for Democratic Studies March 2019 Newsletter
The March 2019 edition of the Forum newsletter features new content, event recaps, and more.
Democracy Research News March 2019
Democracy Research News is the electronic newsletter of the Network of Democracy Research Institutes (NDRI), a membership association of institutions that conduct and publish research on democracy and democratic...
The Road to Digital Unfreedom
03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Ronald J. Deibert and Xiao Qiang discussed the multifaceted challenges posed by sharpening levels of online polarization and manipulation, new threats to individual rights and privacy in the digital space, the tension between the business model of social media companies and their responsibilities to democratic societies, and authoritarian efforts to diffuse digital technologies of surveillance and control.
A Crisis of Legitimacy in the Islamic Republic of Iran Forty...
03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow Dr. Ladan Boroumand reflected on crucial phases that have defined Iran's state-society dialectic, and brought to light the unprecedented cultural and ideological consequences of this dynamic.
Digital Migration and the Democratization of Africa's Information...
03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow George Sarpong examined the approaches to digital migration in Africa, explained the legal and regulatory fault lines, and explored how migration strategies could undermine democratic principles.
Forum Q&A: George Sarpong on Defending Media Freedom During Ghana’s...
Dean Jackson of the International Forum for Democratic Studies spoke with George Sarpong, a Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow, about the impact of new technology and Chinese influence on media freedom in Ghana...
Fifteenth Annual Seymour Martin Lipset Lecture: Confronting...
06:00 PM - 08:30 PM
Anwar Ibrahim, President of the People's Justice Party of Malaysia, presented the 15th annual Seymour Martin Lipset Lecture on Democracy in the World at the Embassy of Canada.
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