12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Sponsored by: International Forum for Democratic Studies
Patrick Merloe, Thomas O. Melia, and Jan Surotchak discussed how authoritarian regimes are devising new ways to impede authentic election observation as part of a wider authoritarian effort to create anti-democratic counternorms around the world.
03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
During his presentation, Umed Babakhanov discussed the history of political Islam in Tajikistan and the impact of Western sanctions on Russia on stability in Tajikistan, including the implications of these trends for the 2015 elections.
04:15 PM - 12:00 AM
On its 25th anniversary, Journal of Democracy editors and contributors discuss the future of democracy in the world and make their predictions.