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.
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.
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Alexander Cooley, Steven Heydemann, Ronald Deibert, and Christopher Sabatini discuss the implications of the campaign against democratic norms in Eurasia, China, the Middle East and North Africa, Latin America, and cyberspace.
