Democracy Promotion and the Democracy Recession
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
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.
Rebuilding Peace and Democracy in Mali
09:00 AM - 11:30 AM
What are the prospects for long term peace in Mali? What role should civil society organizations play in the reconciliation process? Is there a role for the Malian diaspora?
Democracy in Decline? A New Book by the Journal of Democracy
Eight of the world’s leading public intellectuals and scholars of democracy explore concerns and offer competing viewpoints about the state of democracy today in a new Journal of Democracy book.
The West’s Failure of Imagination
International Forum for Democratic Studies Executive Director Christopher Walker writes an op-ed on how the democratic world has underestimated the tenacity of the new threats to freedom.
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