03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Popular Ghanaian radio host Nana Ama Agyemang Asante discussed the shortcomings of Ghana’s democracy and argued that successful elections, economic stability, and peace should not be the only criteria of a functioning democracy.
03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow Maxine Tanya Hamada spoke about the cycles of moving from crisis to governance and what the international community can do to help safeguard Filipino democracy.
11:00 AM - 02:30 PM
Authors of the report, "Sharp Power": Rising Authoritarian Influence, discussed how authoritarian regimes employ "sharp" influence techniques to manipulate or distort the information that reaches target audiences, and how democracies can respond to these methods.