08:00 PM - 09:30 PM
Minxin Pei will present the seventeenth annual Seymour Martin Lipset Lecture on Democracy in the World on the topic of "Totalitarianism's Long Dark Shadow Over China."
09:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Sponsored by: World Movement for Democracy,International IDEA
the World Movement for Democracy and International IDEA will host a conversation with experts and democracy activists to develop arguments supporting democracy that will appeal to people across regions, cultures, and generations.
12:00 PM - 01:15 PM
Glenn Tiffert discussed his report "Compromising the Knowledge Economy: Authoritarian Challenges to Intellectual Inquiry," which explores how authoritarian regimes target the academic, publishing, and think tank sectors of open societies.