03:00 PM - 03:30 AM
In his presentation, Ivan Krastev examined whether the movement for more transparency can succeed in empowering voters and restoring the public’s trust in democratic institutions.
06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Alfred Stepan delivered the ninth annual Seymour Martin Lipset Lecture on "Democratization Theory and the Arab Spring."
03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Famed Burmese democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY) were among those present to pay tribute to Burma’s democracy movement, which was honored with theNational Endowment for Democracy’s 2012 Democracy Award at a Capitol Hill ceremony on Sept. 20.
