October 15, 2015

Stifling the Public Sphere: Media and Civil Society in Egypt,...

12:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Sponsored by: International Forum for Democratic Studies

The authors of a new report produced by the International Forum for Democratic Studies, “Stifling the Public Sphere: Media and Civil Society in Egypt, Russia, and Vietnam,” will discuss the current environment for media and civil society in these three key countries and will explore how independent voices are adapting to resist authoritarian repression.

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September 18, 2015

Democracy Promotion and the Democracy Recession

12:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Sponsored by: International Forum for Democratic Studies,

At a panel discussion celebrating the publication of Larry Diamond's new collection of essays In Search of Democracy (Routledge), Professor Diamond, Thomas Carothers, Louisa Greve, and Peter Lewis examined the state of democracy and democracy-promotion in the world today, with special attention to developments in Asia and Africa.

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September 01, 2015

The Legal Enabling Environment for Independent Media

02:00 PM - 03:30 PM

Sponsored by: Center for International Media Assistance,

More than 70 people attended a roundtable discussion co-hosted by CIMA and Internews Network on media law in Egypt and Tunisia after the Arab Spring. The discussion explored how media assistance stakeholders are analyzing how reforms will affect the legal enabling environment for independent media as the two countries prepare for elections in the fall.

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