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Anna Grzymala-Busse on the Sacred Foundations of Modern Politics
7 februari 2023 · 47 min
While war creates the need for a state, it obliterates the capacity to deliver one. We're seeing that in Ukraine right now. That if you want to develop a state, you need peace, not war. War may create the need for a state, but peace is what allows you to build one. I think that that might be a lesson worth emphasizing, especially these days. Lees meer
Anna Grzymala-Busse
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Anna Grzymała-Busse is the Michelle and Kevin Douglas Professor of International Studies at Stanford University. She is also the Director of the Europe Center and a Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute. Her latest book is Sacred Foundations: The Religious and Medieval Roots of the European State.
Key Highlights
Introduction - 0:38
Medieval Governance - 2:42
Papal Strategies - 16:43
Law, Taxation, and Representation - 25:07
Ongoing Influences - 40:25
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Olivier Zunz on Alexis de Tocqueville
David Stasavage on Early Democracy and its Decline
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Francis Fukuyama Responds to Liberalism's Discontents
31 januari 2023 · 42 min
I think that there is a core set of shared values that liberals have to embrace. You know, if they don't believe in a rule of law, they don't believe in the fundamental legitimacy of their constitutional order, that's a big problem. But as I said, probably the strongest argument in favor of liberalism is this pragmatic one. That this is something that allows pluralistic diverse societies to live in peace with one another. Lees meer
Francis Fukuyama
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Key Highlights
Introduction - 0:47
Interpretation of Liberalism - 3:04
Liberalism and Democracy - 17:15
Conservative Critique - 26:22
Threats to Liberalism - 39:16
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Liberalism and its Discontents by Francis Fukuyama
The End of History and the Last Man by Francis Fukuyama
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Michael Walzer on Liberal as an Adjective
Patrick Deneen Offers a Powerful Critique of Liberalism
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Patrick Deneen Offers a Powerful Critique of Liberalism
24 januari 2023 · 44 min
By my reading of political philosophy every regime in a sense ultimately comes to an end because its contradictions ultimately undermine whatever virtues it might have had. I don't have a crystal ball, but I think it's a very real possibility that we're in a hinge of history where the next thing is in the offing and my hope is that that next thing is going to be a better and more humane way of organizing our society because the prospects of a worse and less humane way is also ever real and ever worrying. Lees meer
Patrick Deneen
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Patrick Deneen is a Professor of Political Science at Notre Dame University. He is the author of Why Liberalism Failedand the forthcoming Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future.
Key Highlights
Introduction - 0:51
Deneen's Critique of Liberalism - 2:57
Human Rights - 14:06
Democracy - 25:18
Why Not Reform or Repair - 37:38
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Why Liberalism Failed by Patrick Deneen
Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future by Patrick Deneen
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Michael Walzer on Liberal as an Adjective
Olivier Zunz on Alexis de Tocqueville
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Michael Walzer on Liberal as an Adjective
17 januari 2023 · 26 min
It doesn't have a fixed character. It's a mindset that has to do with a respect for human rights and civil liberties, toleration of different religions, and an ability to live with ambiguity. So, I like the idea of liberal as a qualifier on other and more specific and coherent commitments. Lees meer
Michael Walzer
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Michael Walzer is an emeritus professor at the Institute for Advanced Study. He was also a longtime editor of Dissent. He is the author of many books including the classic of political philosophy Spheres of Justice. His most recent book is called The Struggle for a Decent Politics: On “Liberal” as an Adjective.
Key Highlights
Introduction - 0:45
What is Liberalism? 3:53
Liberal Democracy - 11:47
Liberal Nationalism - 17:35
How Does Liberalism Change? 22:14
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The Struggle for a Decent Politics: On "Liberal" as an Adjective by Michael Walzer
Spheres Of Justice: A Defense Of Pluralism And Equality by Michael Walzer
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Olivier Zunz on Alexis de Tocqueville
Michael Ignatieff Warns Against the Politics of Enemies
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Robert Kagan Looks to American History to Explain Foreign Policy Today
10 januari 2023 · 48 min
We think that because we’re children of the Enlightenment, the way the world is moving is gradually toward liberalism. I think the natural course of the world is away from liberalism and it has only been American power that has sustained this aberration in world history. Lees meer
Robert Kagan
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Robert Kagan is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute, a columnist at The Washington Post, and among the most influential writers on foreign policy today. His latest book is Ghost at the Feast: America and the Collapse of World Order, 1900-1941.
Key Highlights
Introduction - 0:37
American and WWI - 2:37
Isolationism and Retrenchment - 16:40
Troops in the Rhineland - 31:36
Parallels to Today - 42:32
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The Ghost at the Feast: America and the Collapse of World Order, 1900-1941 by Robert Kagan
"A Free World, If You Can Keep It" by Robert Kagan in Foreign Affairs
"The Weight of Geopolitics" by Robert Kagan in the Journal of Democracy
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Larry Diamond on Supporting Democracy in the World and at Home
Charles Kupchan on America’s Tradition of Isolationism
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Olivier Zunz on Alexis de Tocqueville
3 januari 2023 · 32 min
Tocqueville’s Democracy in America is only partly a book on America. It's also a book of comparative thinking and it's a book of theoretical invention. So, Democracy in America is a theory of democracy. Part of it is about America and part of it is Tocqueville’s theoretical genius pushing through. Lees meer
Olivier Zunz
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Olivier Zunz is the James Madison Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Virginia. He is among the foremost scholars of Alexis de Tocqueville and the author of The Man who Knew Democracy: The Life of Alexis de Tocqueville.
Key Highlights
Introduction - 0:44
Democracy in America - 2:21
Tocqueville as Political Theorist - 15:56
Tocqueville the Politician - 22:14
Tocqueville's Legacy - 27:17
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The Man who Knew Democracy: The Life of Alexis de Tocqueville by Olivier Zunz
"Cancel Tocqueville?" by Tarek Masoud in the Journal of Democracy
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Michael Ignatieff Warns Against the Politics of Enemies
Larry Diamond on Supporting Democracy in the World and at Home
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Lynette Ong Describes How China Outsources Repression
27 december 2022 · 35 min
The state is able to take advantage of the social capital by deploying social actors and in exercising social capital, through the process of persuasion. They'll be putting on pressure on these families, but the pressures being put on them are social pressures. People would often cave into this social pressure. So, there is compliance, but it doesn't feel like state repression. Lees meer
Lynette Ong
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Lynette Ong is a professor of political science at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. She is the author of the recent book Outsourcing Repression: Everyday State Power in Contemporary China.
Key Highlights
Introduction - 0:48
Thugs for Hire - 2:47
Political, Economic, and Social Brokers - 12:52
Zero-Covid Protests - 20:34
Outsourcing Repression After the Protests - 32:17
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Outsourcing Repression: Everyday State Power in Contemporary China by Lynette Ong
"China’s Massive Protests Are the End of a Once-Trusted Governance Model" by Lynette Ong in the Foreign Policy
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Jessica Pisano on How Zelenskyy Changed Ukraine
Lucan Way on Ukraine. Democracy in Hard Places.
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Olga Onuch and Henry Hale Describe the Zelensky Effect
20 december 2022 · 43 min
I just want to say that I don't think Zelensky has changed Ukraine. He amplified it. He mirrored what was already there in his time as an actor and comedian. He tried to show the realities and positions of ordinary Ukrainians as they saw them themselves and he then amplifies that and emphasizes that as a Ukrainian. Lees meer
Olga Onuch
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Olga Onuch is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Manchester. Henry E. Hale is a Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University. They are the authors of a new book called The Zelensky Effect.
Key Highlights
Introduction - 0:44
The Maidan and the Independence Generation - 2:59
Zelensky's Origins - 9:19
The Zelensky Effect - 23:05
The Future of Ukraine - 33:11
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The Zelensky Effect by Olga Onuch and Henry E. Hale
"Why Ukrainians Are Rallying Around Democracy" by Olga Onuch in the Journal of Democracy
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Jessica Pisano on How Zelenskyy Changed Ukraine
Lucan Way on Ukraine. Democracy in Hard Places.
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Elizabeth Economy in a Wide Ranging Conversation About China
13 december 2022 · 41 min
But if you think that China can change and that Xi Jinping is not inevitable and Xi Jinping two and three and four and five are not inevitable, then I think that leads you to a slightly different set of policy recommendations. A set that's probably more open to discussion to ensuring that we continue to quote ‘Engage with China.’ Lees meer
Elizabeth C. Economy
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Elizabeth C. Economy is serving as the Senior Advisor for China to the Secretary of Commerce. She is on leave from her role as a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. Previously she served as the Asia Director at the Council for Foreign Relations. Her past books include The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State and more recently The World According to China. The views expressed in this podcast are her own and do not reflect the official position of the US Government or the Commerce Department.
Key Highlights
Introduction - 0:43
China's Foreign Policy Priorities - 2:57
BRI & Chinese Investments - 11:21
Indo-Pacific Economic Framework - 22:25
Future Issues and Concerns - 28:23
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The World According to China by Elizabeth C. Economy
"Dissent is Not Dead" by Elizabeth C. Economy in the Journal of Democracy
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Sarah Cook on China’s Expanding Global Media Influence
Aynne Kokas on the Intersection Between Surveillance Capitalism and Chinese Sharp Power (or How Much Does the CCP Already Know About You?)
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Richard Wike Asked Citizens in 19 Countries Whether Social Media is Good for Democracy
6 december 2022 · 39 min
When people think about social media, they think about the upsides of it. It speaks to what they want in democracy that they're not getting. They feel disconnected, voiceless, and not empowered. So, if there's ways that social media can play a role in empowering people and giving them a voice and holding accountable leaders that they don't think listen to them, those are upsides and that's some of the reasons why you get more positive evaluations of social media than we might think. Lees meer
Richard Wike
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Richard Wike is director of global attitudes research at Pew Research Center. He conducts research and writes about international public opinion on a variety of topics, such as America’s global image, the rise of China, democracy, and globalization. His latest report (coauthored with Laura Silver, Janell Fetterolf, Christine Huang, Sarah Austin, Laura Clancy and Sneha Gubbala) is "Social Media Seen as Mostly Good for Democracy Across Many Nations, But U.S. is a Major Outlier."
Key Highlights
Introduction - 0:47
Role of Survey Research - 2:47
Views on Social Media and Democracy - 5:27
Differences by Age - 16:35
Social Media Engagement - 24:23
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"Social Media Seen as Mostly Good for Democracy Across Many Nations, But U.S. is a Major Outlier" by Richard Wike, Laura Silver, Janell Fetterolf, Christine Huang, Sarah Austin, Laura Clancy and Sneha Gubbala
"Liberal Democracy’s Crisis of Confidence" by Richard Wike and Janell Fetterolf in the Journal of Democracy
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Allie Funk of Freedom House Assesses Global Internet Freedom
Ronald Deibert from Citizen Lab on Cyber Surveillance, Digital Subversion, and Transnational Repression
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Naunihal Singh on the Myth of the Coup Contagion
29 november 2022 · 40 min
Sometimes I found people who I was talking to and their coup happened after an elected leader became less democratic. They could very convincingly tell me that their coup was in response to those actions. Then I'd find out that they started plotting the coup years in advance or entertaining it when the situation was very different. Lees meer
Naunihal Singh
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Naunihal Singh is associate professor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the U.S. Naval War College and the author of Seizing Power: The Strategic Logic of Military Coups (2014). He recently wrote the article "The Myth of the Coup Contagion" in the Journal of Democracy.
Key Highlights
Introduction - 0:43
Brief History of Coups - 3:11
Anti-Coup Norm - 10:33
Conditions for a Coup - 18:33
Reinforcing the Anti-Coup Norm - 35:53
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"The Myth of the Coup Contagion" by Naunihal Singh in the Journal of Democracy
Seizing Power: The Strategic Logic of Military Coups by Naunihal Singh
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Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way on the Durable Authoritarianism of Revolutionary Regimes
Michael Miller on the Unexpected Paths to Democratization
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Mohammed Ali Kadivar on Paths to Durable Democracy and Thoughts on the Protests in Iran
22 november 2022 · 59 min
It's been exciting and it's been overwhelming. It's exciting to see people are rising, to see the amount of bravery on the streets, how these young women and men will stand up against the armored police with bare hands. It's been inspiring. Lees meer
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Mohammad Ali Kadivar is an assistant professor of sociology and international studies at Boston College. He is the author of the book Popular Politics and the Path to Durable Democracy.
Key Highlights
Introduction - 0:38
Democratization Examples: Egypt and South Africa - 3:20
Democratization and Durable Democracy - 11:12
Nonviolence and Democratization - 23:33
Part 2: The Iranian Protests - 38:49
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Popular Politics and the Path to Durable Democracy by Mohammed Ali Kadivar
"Sticks, Stones, and Molotov Cocktails: Unarmed Collective Violence and Democratization " by Mohammed Ali Kadivar and Neil Ketchley in Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World
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Michael Coppedge on Why Democracies Emerge, Why They Decline, and Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem)
Mark Beissinger on Urban Civic Revolutions
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Michael Ignatieff Warns Against the Politics of Enemies
15 november 2022 · 38 min
Democracy is the stage in which we mount the battle for power and we fight out our competing visions of what would be good for a society. But at the same time, the most dangerous of all things we try to do in a democracy is argue about what is democratic and what is undemocratic. Lees meer
Michael Ignatieff
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Michael Ignatieff is a historian and former Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. He has served as rector and president of Central European University, and is the author, most recently, of On Consolation: Finding Solace in Dark Times. He recently wrote, "The Politics of Enemies" in the Journal of Democracy.
Key Highlights
Introduction
What is democracy? 3:15
Role of Politicians - 18:05
January 6th - 21:06
The Politics of Enemies - 23:51
Consolation After Electoral Losses - 34:55
Key Links
"The Politics of Enemies" by Michael Ignatieff in the Journal of Democracy
On Consolation: Finding Solace in Dark Times by Michael Ignatieff
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Jason Brownlee Believes We Underestimate Democratic Resilience
Jeremi Suri on America’s Unfinished Fight for Democracy
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Emilee Booth Chapman Has Ideas About Voting with Profound Implications
8 november 2022 · 46 min
There is this idea on the one hand of this mass collective participation, but on the other hand that there's a lot of attention being given to the sort of dignity of each individual contribution. So, I think the experience of voting that is most valuable is when you have these two experiences juxtapose with each other Lees meer
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Emilee Booth Chapman is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Stanford University. Her most recent book is Election Day: How We Vote and What It Means for Democracy.
Key Highlights
Introduction - 0:40
Common Perceptions of Elections - 3:17
Creative Work of Politics - 15:15
Thoughts on Voting Reforms - 29:49
A Model of Good Voting - 39:21
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Election Day: How We Vote and What It Means for Democracy by Emilee Booth Chapman
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Jason Brownlee Believes We Underestimate Democratic Resilience
Miles Rapoport on How We Can Achieve Universal Voting
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Jason Brownlee Believes We Underestimate Democratic Resilience
1 november 2022 · 40 min
71% of Americans are concerned about democracy. And apparently that number, roughly 71%, holds for both parties. So, if listeners are concerned about democracy, they can expect that there's someone from the other party who's also concerned about democracy from a different perspective. Lees meer
Jason Brownlee
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Jason Brownlee is a professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. Along with Kenny Miao, he is the author of "Why Democracies Survive" and "A Quiet Consensus" in the Journal of Democracy.
Key Highlights
Introduction - 0:41
Democratic Decline and Resiliency - 3:40
National Income or Wealth and Democracy - 13:49
Democratic Backsliding - 21:53
More than Minimal Democracy - 32:02
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"Why Democracies Survive" by Jason Brownlee and Kenny Miao in the recent Journal of Democracy
"A Quiet Consensus" by Jason Brownlee and Kenny Miao in the recent Journal of Democracy
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Michael Coppedge on Why Democracies Emerge, Why They Decline, and Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem)
Sarah Repucci from Freedom House with an Update on Freedom in the World
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Allie Funk of Freedom House Assesses Global Internet Freedom
25 oktober 2022 · 40 min
The Internet's a battle space. I think this year unfortunately we've seen that more than ever with Russia's brazen invasion of Ukraine about how the internet and digital platforms are used to pursue authoritarian ends or to promote democracy and freedom and help people stay safe during armed conflict. Lees meer
Allie Funk
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Allie Funk is the Research Director for Technology and Democracy at Freedom House. She was deeply involved in this year's Freedom on the Net report and coauthored the executive summary "Countering an Authoritarian Overhaul of the Internet" along with Adrian Shahbaz and Kian Vesteinsson.
Key Highlights
Introduction - 0:42
The Importance of Internet Freedom - 2:42
Where Internet Freedom Improved - 6:34
Internet Freedom in the China - 18:25
Internet Freedom as Transnational - 25:11
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Freedom on the Net 2022: Countering an Authoritarian Overhaul of the Internet by Adrian Shahbaz, Allie Funk, and Kian Vesteinsson
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Sarah Cook on China’s Expanding Global Media Influence
Sarah Repucci from Freedom House with an Update on Freedom in the World
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Jeremi Suri on America's Unfinished Fight for Democracy
18 oktober 2022 · 41 min
Our democracy is an evolving machine. The machine was built by a small group of people who were all men and looked the same. Over time the strength of American society is that it has grown and become more diverse and become very different. Our democracy has in an inefficient, episodic way been able to adjust and been able to at least account for some of that. But it hasn't done that in about a generation, and it's long time we do that. Lees meer
Jeremi Suri
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Order Civil War By Other Means: America’s Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy by Jeremi Suri
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Jeremi Suri is the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. He cohosts the podcast This is Democracy with his son Zachary. His latest book is Civil War By Other Means: America’s Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy.
Key Highlights
Introduction - 0:50
Reconstruction and American Democracy - 3:21
Contradictions in American Reconstruction - 15:25
How Reconstruction Era Issues Shape Democracy Today - 23:25
Democracy and Political Reform - 32:18
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Frank Dikötter on the History of China After Mao
11 oktober 2022 · 41 min
This is a party absolutely determined to maintain a monopoly of power and absolutely determined to crush any attempt by any group to suggest that there ought to be anything like separation of powers. No labor unions. No civil society. No freedom of press. No judicial independence. The mere suggestion of it seems to be so offensive that people end up in jail and that’s a constant theme that runs throughout this entire period. Lees meer
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Frank Dikötter is the author of three books about China under Mao called the People’s Trilogy. He is currently the Chair Professor of Humanities at the University of Hong Kong. His latest book is China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower.
Key Highlights
Introduction - 0:52
Life in China After Mao - 3:06
How much did China Reform After Mao - 13:20
What do the Chinese People Want from Reform - 25:38
Is Political Reform Necessary for Deeper Economic Reforms - 29:33
Why is China's Reform Overstated - 36:18
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Larry Diamond on Supporting Democracy in the World and at Home
4 oktober 2022 · 40 min
The world can't wait for us to counter Russian and Chinese disinformation, support democratic struggles abroad, help to stabilize and improve democratic institutions, forge partnerships between our democratic organizations and actors and parties and theirs, and otherwise promote democracy around the world. The world can't wait for us to do that. Lees meer
Larry Diamond
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Key Highlights
Introduction - 0:49
Importance of Democracy - 2:34
Strategies to Promote Democracy - 11:30
American Policies - 19:59
Using Democracy's Strengths - 30:32
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Michael McFaul and Robert Person on Putin, Russia, and the War in Ukraine
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Lynn Vavreck on the 2020 Election and the Challenge to American Democracy
27 september 2022 · 36 min
The people who win get to enact policy and they get to change the world we live in. But we're at this moment where the candidates who lose, if they think that they don't have to abide by election outcomes, that's very important and that affects the kind of world we live in. Lees meer
Lynn Vavreck
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Key Highlights
Introduction - 0:39
Lessons from 2016 - 3:05
Political Calcification - 14:31
Why Did the Democrats Nominate Joe Biden? - 18:51
Forecasting the 2020 Election - 25:52
Implications for American Democracy - 29:39
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Robert Lieberman, Kenneth Roberts, and David Bateman on Democratic Resilience and Political Polarization in the United States
Karen Greenberg on the War on Terror, Donald Trump, and American Democracy
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Sarah Cook on China's Expanding Global Media Influence
20 september 2022 · 39 min
In country after country - we've counted over 130 news outlets of 30 countries that were republishing content that was produced by Chinese state media outlets or the Chinese embassy. So, these state media outlets are actually formally under the control of the Communist Party's propaganda department. Lees meer
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Sarah Cook is the Research Director for China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan at Freedom House. She also directs their China Media Bulletin and authored the executive summary of this latest report, "Beijing's Global Media Influence 2022: Authoritarian Expansion and the Power of Democratic Resilience."
Key Highlights
Introduction - 0:38
China and its Media Influence - 2:58
Chinese Influence Tactics - 12:48
The Effectiveness of Chinese Influence - 18:30
Resiliency of Democracies - 27:47
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Constitution Makers on Constitution Making: Hassen Ebrahim on South Africa's Constitution
19 september 2022 · 51 min
Back then as a child, when it was normal that we couldn't ride on all buses and sit on all park benches and be allowed to go and watch a movie in a cinema together. Today, our children simply don't know that we had those experiences. But in it lies the wonders of the successes of what we have achieved. And if we managed to change that, then I think we have the ability to change from where we are currently into the future. Lees meer
Hassen Ebrahim
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Hassen Ebrahim was Executive Director of the Constitutional Assembly of South Africa, and is an advisor on constitution building. He participated in the construction of South Africa's constitution. He is the author of the chapter "Decisions, Deadlocks and Deadlines in Making South Africa’s Constitution" in the forthcoming book Constitution Makers on Constitution Making.
Key Highlights
Introduction - 0:50
Meaning of a Constitution - 2:54
Hassen's Political Journey - 10:07
Constitutional Process - 20:22
Unifying Event - 29:15
Areas of Disagreement - 36:48
Future of South Africa's Democracy - 46:18
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Simon Usherwood on Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, and the Nested Games of British Politics
6 september 2022 · 46 min
Politics requires complex and ongoing engagement by all of us. There are lots of elements that hang together. The Brexit process has really highlighted that whatever we decide to do that has knock-on consequences and those knock-on consequences have knock-on consequences of their own which might come back and affect our original decision. Everything is connected and we are never going to have something that's going to make everybody happy. Lees meer
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Simon Usherwood is a Professor of Politics & International Studies at the Open University, Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Surrey's Centre for Britain & Europe and a National Teaching Fellow. Simon coauthored (along with John Pindar) The European Union: A Very Short Introduction. He recently coedited (along with Agnès Alexandre-Collier and Pauline Schnapper) The Nested Games of Brexit.
Key Highlights
Introduction - 0:48
The Rise of Boris Johnson - 3:44
Why Boris Johnson Resigned - 16:40
What are Nested Games - 23:48
Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak - 31:55
What Have we Learned about Democracy? 40:23
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Amory Gethin on Political Cleavages, Inequality, and Party Systems in 50 Democracies
Susan Rose-Ackerman on the Role of the Executive in Four Different Democracies
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Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way on the Durable Authoritarianism of Revolutionary Regimes
30 augustus 2022 · 42 min
People like Lenin, Stalin, Mao, they basically lashed out at the entire capitalist world and that lashing out created a counterrevolutionary armed struggle, which in turn contributed to their durability. So, it's that reckless behavior in creating enemies that ultimately led to their creating very strong authoritarian institutions. Lees meer
Lucan Way
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Lucan Way is a professor of political science at the University of Toronto and Co-Director of the Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine. Steven Levitsky is the David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies, professor of government, and director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University. They are also co-chairs of the editorial board at the Journal of Democracy. They are the authors of the forthcoming book Revolution and Dictatorship: The Violent Origins of Durable Authoritarianism.
Key Highlights
Introduction - 0:45
How Recklessness Leads to Authoritarian Durability - 3:17
Why Revolutions Abandon Pluralism - 16:53
Revolutions and Institution Building - 22:05
Why does Durable Authoritarianism Fail - 29:31
Is the Era of Revolutions Over - 38:01
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Laura Gamboa on Opposition Strategies to Resist Democratic Erosion
23 augustus 2022 · 40 min
There's always another set of elections. So, let's set up for elections. Let's figure out how to mobilize people. Let's figure out how to engage them and answer the question, ‘Why they elected this person? What did we miss? What do we need to build? Which kind of program.’ I think using the streets is great, but definitely you need training… A lot of training.This is a long-term effort. It's not about calling you on Facebook for a demonstration and that's it. Lees meer
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Laura Gamboa is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah. She is the author of the forthcoming book Resisting Backsliding: Opposition Strategies against the Erosion of Democracy.
Key Highlights
Introduction - 0:47
Uribe was a Threat to Democracy - 3:11
Opposition Strategies in Colombia - 14:20
Opposition Strategies in Venezuela - 17:53
How Often do Aspiring Autocrats Get Elected - 27:03
Final Advice for Democratic Oppositions - 34:02
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Kim Lane Scheppele on Hungary, Viktor Orbán, and its Democratic Decline
Caitlin Andrews-Lee on Charismatic Movements and Personalistic Leaders
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Kim Lane Scheppele on Hungary, Viktor Orbán, and its Democratic Decline
16 augustus 2022 · 49 min
So, I came back from that trip and said to one of my good friends back in Budapest, ‘I think I've met the most dangerous person I've ever met personally.’ And she said, ‘Oh Viktor, he's nothing. He's like a kid. He's in his thirties.’ I mean, he was an aspiring politician at this point. His party was at the bottom of the polls. It didn't look like he had any future. And I said, ‘No, this guy has something. It's hard to define what it is, but we're going to be hearing from him.’ Lees meer
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Kim Lane Scheppele is the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Sociology and International Affairs and the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University.
Key Highlights
Introduction - 0:50
Kim Lane Scheppele meets Viktor Orbán - 2:45
Viktor Orbán as Prime Minister 1998-2002 - 9:21
Hungary Changes its Constitution 15:56
Orbán Undermines Democracy Legally - 26:32
Why do Voters Support Orbán and Fidesz - 41:48
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9/11 and the Rise of Global Anti-Terrorism Law: How the UN Security Council Rules the World edited by Kim Lane Scheppele and Arianna Vedaschi
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Moisés Naím on the New Dynamics of Political Power
Stephan Haggard and Robert Kaufman on Democratic Backsliding
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Jessica Pisano on How Zelenskyy Changed Ukraine
9 augustus 2022 · 35 min
There were lots of opportunities for a certain part of Ukrainian society to encounter Zelenskyy and to feel that they knew him. He was not an unknown quantity when he ran for president. So, I think that's important for us to keep in mind. I would say the so-called Western World is still discovering who he is, but his loyalty, his integrity, his ideas or his group's ideas about Ukrainian political nationhood have been in the works for a long time. Lees meer
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Jessica Pisano is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics at the New School for Social Research. She is the author of "How Zelensky Changed Ukraine" in the Journal of Democracy and Staging Democracy: Political Performance in Ukraine, Russia, and Beyond.
Key Highlights
Introduction - 0:49
Early Career of Zelenskyy - 2:58
What is Political Theater? - 10:30
Zelenskyy Changes Politics in Ukraine - 17:26
Zelenskyy as President - 22:43
Future of Ukraine - 30:41
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Michael McFaul and Robert Person on Putin, Russia, and the War in Ukraine
Lucan Way on Ukraine. Democracy in Hard Places.
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Neil DeVotta on the Protests in Sri Lanka
2 augustus 2022 · 38 min
As long as people are able to cast their ballot, irrespective of the illiberalism, irrespective of all these other shortcomings, democracy, at least from a voting standpoint, has the capacity to surprise. Lees meer
Neil Devotta
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Neil DeVotta is professor of politics and international affairs at Wake Forest University. His article "Sri Lanka's Agony" was published in this July's issue of Journal of Democracy.
Key Highlights
Introduction - 0:38
Overview of the Protests - 3:15
Protests After the Rajapaksas - 15:16
Background on the Rajapaksas - 24:58
Sri Lanka and Democracy - 30:31
Future of Sri Lanka - 34:11
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"Sri Lanka: The Return to Ethnocracy" by Neil DeVotta in the Journal of Democracy
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Ashutosh Varshney on India. Democracy in Hard Places
Mark Beissinger on Urban Civic Revolutions
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Aynne Kokas on the Intersection Between Surveillance Capitalism and Chinese Sharp Power (or How Much Does the CCP Already Know About You?)
26 juli 2022 · 44 min
The US consumer system is uniquely exploitative. US consumers are exploited by American companies, by French companies, by German companies, by Chinese companies, because there aren't laws protecting consumer data privacy that extend widely across the US consumer ecosystem. The main difference with Chinese companies is that the Chinese government has established an entire framework that pressures Chinese firms to share their data with Chinese government regulators. Lees meer
Aynne Kokas
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Aynne Kokas is an associate professor of media studies and the C.K. Yen Chair at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. Her most recent book is Trafficking Data: How China Is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty. Her article "How Beijing Runs the Show in Hollywood" was published in this April's issue of Journal of Democracy.
Key Highlights
Introduction - 0:50
Video Games as Social Media - 3:02
Chinese Brands in the US Tech Market - 11:34
Party Control of China's Tech Industry - 19:40
America's Lack of Tech Regulations - 28:36
The Big Picture - 37:03
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Ronald Deibert from Citizen Lab on Cyber Surveillance, Digital Subversion, and Transnational Repression
Mareike Ohlberg on the Global Influence of the Chinese Communist Party
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Michael McFaul and Robert Person on Putin, Russia, and the War in Ukraine
19 juli 2022 · 34 min
There are a lot of people quietly who are deeply frustrated with this war. Every rich person in Russia with one or two exceptions are frustrated with this war. I think many of the so-called liberal technocratic elites in the government are frustrated with this war. Lots of regional leaders are frustrated with this war. It's not just the vocal opposition. I think there's a quiet minority and maybe even majority that is exhausted with what Putin has done. Lees meer
Michael McFaul
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Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to Russia, is professor of political science at Stanford University, director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. His most recent book is From Cold War to Hot Peace: An American Ambassador in Putin’s Russia (2018). Robert Person is associate professor of international relations at the U.S. Military Academy, director of its international affairs curriculum, and faculty affiliate at its Modern War Institute. Their essay "What Putin Fears Most" was published as an online exclusive from the Journal of Democracy in February and was included in the April 2022 issue.
Key Highlights
Introduction 0:48
Personal Account from Michael McFaul 3:16
Putin's Objectives 7:44
What would Russia be like without Putin? 12:22
Challenges for democracy in Ukraine 20:10
Effectiveness of sanctions 24:15
Where is the Russian Revolution going? 27:11
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"What Putin Fears Most" by Robert Person and Michael McFaul in the Journal of Democracy
From Cold War To Hot Peace: An American Ambassador in Putin's Russia by Michael McFaul
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Kathryn Stoner on How Putin’s War has Ruined Russia
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Scott Mainwaring on Argentina and a Final Reflection on Democracy in Hard Places
12 juli 2022 · 43 min
I think they're really important. But I don't think that they are a complete safeguard. Certainly, when you create democracies in hard places, you want to think very carefully about what institutions you want in place and how you strengthen them. But if you get illiberal governing parties in democracies in hard places, they can run over institutions. Lees meer
Scott Mainwaring
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Scott Mainwaring is the Eugene P. and Helen Conley Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. He is also a faculty fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, where he previously served as director for 13 years and is a current Advisory Board member. He is the coeditor (with Tarek Masoud) of Democracy in Hard Places.
Key Highlights
Introduction 0:47
Why is Argentina a hard place for democracy? 2:35
Are democracies in hard places the exception or the norm? 9:19
Is Peronism a threat to democracy? 12:01
How can democracies strengthen institutions? 19:32
What role do citizens play? 33:27
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"The Fates Of Third-Wave Democracies" by Scott Mainwaring and Fernando Bizarro in the Journal of Democracy
Democracy in Hard Places edited by Scott Mainwaring and Tarek Masoud
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Lucan Way on Ukraine. Democracy in Hard Places.
Rachel Beatty Riedl on Benin. Democracy in Hard Places.
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Lucan Way on Ukraine. Democracy in Hard Places
5 juli 2022 · 40 min
The war is never going to really end. Because even in the most optimistic scenario where Ukraine regains its territory and it goes back to the 1991 borders, Russia is almost certainly going to present a permanent threat to Ukrainian sovereignty. I think objectively it will. But even if objectively it wasn’t, after such an invasion, you can imagine the political environment's going to treat it as one. Lees meer
Lucan Way
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Lucan Way is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto. He coauthored (along with Steven Levitsky) Competitive Authoritarianism: Hybrid Regimes After the Cold War. He has a new book also coauthored with Steven Levitsky due this fall called Revolution and Dictatorship: The Violent Origins of Durable Authoritarianism. He is the author of the chapter "Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine: Democratic Moments in the Former Soviet Union" in the book Democracy in Hard Places.
Key Highlights
What makes Zelensky such a special leader?
Why wasn't Ukraine considered more democratic before Russia's invasion?
How has the war impacted democracy in Ukraine?
What role did Ukraine's ethnic pluralism contribute to democratization?
What challenges will Ukrainian democracy face after its war with Russia?
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"The Rebirth of the Liberal World Order?" by Lucan Way in the Journal of Democracy
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Michael Coppedge on Why Democracies Emerge, Why They Decline, and Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem)
28 juni 2022 · 35 min
Democracy is a complex concept. It has to do with elections. It has to do with legislatures. It has to do with civil society organizations and courts and political styles of politicians. There's a lot packed into the concept and it's multidimensional, because some of these components don't move together. Lees meer
Michael Coppedge
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Michael Coppedge is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, a principal investigator of the Varieties of Democracy project, and a faculty fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies. He is a coeditor (along with Amanda Edgell, Carl Henrik Knutsen, and Staffan Lindberg) of Why Democracies Develop and Decline.
Key Highlights
Democracy as a multidimensional concept
How the conditions for democratization differ from those for backsliding
Ways researchers use information from V-Dem to discover new insights about democracy
New findings from V-Dem research regarding presidentialism, party system institutionalization, and anti-system parties
How has V-Dem changed research about democracy
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Follow the V-Dem Institute on Twitter @vdeminstitute
Why Democracies Develop and Decline edited by Michael Coppedge, Amanda B. Edgell, Carl Henrik Knutsen and Staffan I. Lindberg
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Sarah Repucci from Freedom House with an Update on Freedom in the World
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Rachel Beatty Riedl on Benin. Democracy in Hard Places.
21 juni 2022 · 46 min
So, at some level, a belief in democracy was necessary in Benin as in elsewhere. Support for it - Absolutely. But what's interesting in the Benin case is that you were lacking that level of political elite leadership that were committed democratic ideologues. Lees meer
Rachel Beatty Riedl
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Rachel Beatty Riedl is the John S. Knight Professor of International Studies, Director of the Einaudi Center for International Studies, and professor in the Department of Government at Cornell University. She also cohosts the podcast Ufahamu Africa with Kim Yi Dionne. Her chapter "Africa’s Democratic Outliers Success amid Challenges in Benin and South Africa" appears in the forthcoming book Democracy in Hard Places.
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Details the story of Benin's democratization
How Benin has used consensus to govern
What makes Benin a democracy in a hard place
An overview of the current President Patrice Talon
Current threats to democracy in Benin
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Ashutosh Varshney on India. Democracy in Hard Places
14 juni 2022 · 54 min
Nehru is asked several times in those early years, ‘Aren’t you doing something which has never been done before? You are 17% literate. Half of your country is below the poverty line. Under such conditions no democracy has ever stabilize itself and perhaps has not emerged.’ And his argument repeatedly is that we shouldn't be constrained by the history of the West. Lees meer
Ashutosh Varshney
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Ashutosh Varshney is the Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences and Professor of Political Science at Brown University, where he also directs the Center for Contemporary South Asia. His chapter "India’s Democratic Longevity and Its Troubled Trajectory" appears in the forthcoming book Democracy in Hard Places.
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How India defied early theories of democratization
The role of leadership in India's early democracy
Why India returned to democracy after Indira Gandhi's emergency?
The eerie similarities between India's recent treatment of Muslims and the rise of the Jim Crow era in the American South
When will democratic backsliding in India become a democratic collapse
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"Modi Consolidates Power: Electoral Vibrancy, Mounting Liberal Deficits" by Ashutosh Varshney in Journal of Democracy
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Dan Slater on Indonesia
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Evan Lieberman on South Africa. Democracy in Hard Places
7 juni 2022 · 48 min
When you hear people talk in such disparaging tones, that everything is broken, that nothing is possible, you need to ask yourself, is that right? When you look around, the answer is no. There are these examples where things do go right, where people work together and create a neighborhood or a community for themselves in which they can be prosperous and build better lives. And that's really what the democratic project is all about. Lees meer
Evan Lieberman
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Evan Lieberman is a Professor of Political Science and Contemporary Africa at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Director of the MIT Global Diversity Lab, and the faculty director of the MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI). He is the coauthor with Rorisang Lekalake of the recent article "South Africa's Resilient Democracy" in the Journal of Democracy and author of the forthcoming book Until We Have Won Our Liberty: South Africa after Apartheid.
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Why is Evan Lieberman optimistic about democracy in South Africa
Role of Nelson Mandela on South Africa's democracy
Importance of South Africa for democracy in the world
Account of the housing community Ethembalethu
What the 2019 election says about democracy in South Africa
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Until We Have Won Our Liberty: South Africa after Apartheid by Evan Lieberman
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Dan Slater on Indonesia. Democracy in Hard Places
31 mei 2022 · 50 min
This might sound like a cliche, but in Indonesia it's really, really true. My hope rests in the Indonesian people and the voters. I mean, the voters, they show up. The voters have been the ones to defend democracy. They've been the ones to reject the most anti-pluralistic candidates, not all Indonesian voters, but a slim majority. They've been managing to do it. Lees meer
Dan Slater
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Dan Slater is the Weiser Professor of Emerging Democracies in the Department of Political Science and director of the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies at the University of Michigan. Dan is also the coauthor of the forthcoming book From Development to Democracy: The Transformations of Modern Asia with Joseph Wong.
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A brief account of how Indonesia democratized
What is democratization through strength
How elites held onto power after democratization
What makes Indonesia a hard place for democracy
The current state of Indonesia's democracy
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From Development to Democracy: The Transformations of Modern Asia by Dan Slater and Joseph Wong
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Donald Horowitz on the Formation of Democratic Constitutions
Sebastian Strangio Explains the Relationship Between China and Southeast Asia
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Kathryn Stoner on How Putin's War has Ruined Russia
24 mei 2022 · 40 min
Boeing is pulling out, DuPont, Erickson, Analog Devices, Bombardier. Eventually all of these things are going to cause supply and production chain issues and unemployment in Russia. So, Mr. Putin doesn't have an infinite amount of time before havoc is wrought. Lees meer
Kathryn Stoner
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Kathryn Stoner is the Mosbacher Director at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, a professor of political science at Stanford University, and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. She is also the author of the book Russia Resurrected: Its Power and Purpose in a New Global Order. Her article “How Putin’s War Has Ruined Russia” was recently published online at journalofdemocracy.org.
Key Highlights
How has Russia's invasion of Ukraine affected perceptions of Russia's military
How has it affected its economy both short-term and long-term
How has it affected Russia's international standing
The affects on Russia's citizens
What does Putin's unpredictability mean for peace in Ukraine
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"How Putin’s War in Ukraine Has Ruined Russia" by Kathryn Stoner in Journal of Democracy
Russia Resurrected: Its Power and Purpose in a New Global Order by Kathryn Stoner
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Moisés Naím on the New Dynamics of Political Power
Kathryn Stoner on Russia’s Economy, Politics, and Foreign Policy
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Scott Radnitz on Why Conspiracy Theories Thrive in Both Democracies and Autocracies
17 mei 2022 · 50 min
There's something natural and organic about perceiving that the people in power are out to advance their own interests. It's in part because it’s often true. Governments actually do keep secrets from the public. Politicians engage in scandals. There often is corruption at high levels. So, we don't want citizens in a democracy to be too trusting of their politicians. It's healthy to be skeptical of the state and its real abuses and tendencies towards secrecy. The danger is when this distrust gets redirected, not toward the state, but targets innocent people who are not actually responsible for people's problems. Lees meer
Scott Radnitz
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Scott Radnitz is an associate professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies at the University of Washington and the director of the Ellison Center for Russian, Eastern European, and Central Asian Studies. He is the author of Revealing Schemes: The Politics of Conspiracy in Russia and the Post-Soviet Region and coeditor with Harris Mylonas of the forthcoming book Enemies Within: The Global Politics of Fifth Columns. His article “Why Democracy Fuels Conspiracy Theories” was recently published in the Journal of Democracy.
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Conspiracy theories Russia uses to justify their invasion of Ukraine
Why Russia relies on conspiracy theories in its political rhetoric
The use of conspiracy theories in democracies and autocracies
The recent proliferation of conspiracy theories in the United States
How to mitigate the harmful effects of conspiracy theories in politics
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"Why Democracy Fuels Conspiracy Theories" by Scott Radnitz in Journal of Democracy
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Dan Banik is In Pursuit of Development
13 mei 2022 · 36 min
This bonus episode is part of a series of interviews available for monthly supporters of Democracy Paradox at Patreon. Other interviews feature guests like Julia Azari, Mila Atmos, and Bob Shrum. But more importantly you'll help the podcast cover important expenses and continue to grow. Please consider becoming a monthly supporter by clicking on the link here. Lees meer
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Dan Banik is a professor of political science at the University of Oslo and Director of the Oslo SDG Initiative. He also hosts the podcast In Pursuit of Development. His podcast is among the most insightful on topics of democracy, modernization, and sustainability. Past guests have included Francis Fukuyama and Daron Acemoglu. But it's Dan's ability to help listeners understand complex ideas and subjects that sets his podcast apart.
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Ronald Deibert from Citizen Lab on Cyber Surveillance, Digital Subversion, and Transnational Repression
10 mei 2022 · 51 min
So, if your aim is to get inside someone's device without their permission and gather up information, you could do that using a very sophisticated commercial spyware technology like Pegasus. The latest iteration of it employs zero click technology meaning that it can target and insert itself on any device without the owner of that device even knowing or being tricked into clicking on a link. That's very powerful, because there is no defense against it. Lees meer
Ronald Deibert
A full transcript is available at www.democracyparadox.com.
Ronald Deibert is a professor of political science at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto and the Director of the Citizen Lab. He recently gave the 18th annual Seymour Martin Lipset Lecture at the National Endowment for Democracy. Its title was “Digital Subversion: The Threat to Democracy.” His article, “Subversion Inc: The Age of Private Espionage” in the most recent Journal of Democracy is based on this lecture.
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How Black Cube tried to infiltrate Citizen Lab
How autocrats continue to repress political dissidents overseas
The privatization of espionage and spycraft
The link between surveillance capitalism and private espionage
What liberal democracies can do to defend civil society
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Thomas Piketty on Equality
3 mei 2022 · 30 min
Pure economic factors or technological factors or the level of economic development or level of technological development cannot explain the diversity of levels of inequality and structure of inequality that we observe throughout history. Lees meer
Thomas Piketty
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Thomas Piketty is Professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) and the Paris School of Economics and Codirector of the World Inequality Lab. He is also the author of A Brief History of Equality.
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The Case for Reparations for Haiti
An Account of the Historical Movement Toward Greater Equality
Economic Inequality as a Political Construction
Should Economic Equality be the Goal of the State?
Is Thomas Piketty Optimistic for the Future?
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A Brief History of Equality by Thomas Piketty
Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty
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Joseph Fishkin on the Constitution, American History, and Economic Inequality
Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson on the Plutocratic Populism of the Republican Party
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Marta Dyczok and Andriy Kulykov on the Media, Information Warriors, and the Future of Ukraine
26 april 2022 · 53 min
I heard a verified story of a person who made his way with his family from an occupied town listening to our broadcast, because we were telling them where it was dangerous for them to go and where it was more or less safe to go. So, radio actually saves lives. I probably cannot save lives otherwise. But I can with the help of radio. Lees meer
Andriy Kulykov
Recorded on April 19th, 2022.
A full transcript is available at www.democracyparadox.com.
Marta Dyczok is an Associate Professor at the Departments of History and Political Science, Western University, Canada. She was the host of the podcast Ukraine Calling. Andriy Kulykov is co-founder and Chairperson of Hromadske Radio.
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A Short History of Hromadske Radio
Do Journalists in Ukraine Consider Themselves Information Warriors
The Importance of Media Literacy in a War
How Radio Can Saved Lives in Ukraine
Andriy's Thoughts on Ukrainian Identity
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Ukraine Calling: A Kaleidoscope from Hromadske Radio 2016–2019 edited by Marta Dyczok
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Between Russia and China: Anja Mihr on Central Asia
Joshua Yaffa on Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin’s Russia
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Yascha Mounk on the Great Experiment of Diverse Democracies
19 april 2022 · 50 min
So, there's actually something about the basic mechanism of democracy that does make it harder to sustain diversity. In other ways, the principles of liberal democracy are the right solution. And so, obviously my vision for the future is that of a diverse democracy. But we shouldn't be at ease about the ways in which democracy can sometimes inflame ethnic and religious tensions as well. Lees meer
Yascha Mounk
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Yascha Mounk is a Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at Johns Hopkins University and the founder of Persuasion. Mounk is also a contributing editor at The Atlantic and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is the author of The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure.
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Is a diverse democracy more democratic
Challenges for diverse democracies
Yascha's vision for diverse societies
The most dangerous idea in American Politics
Is it more difficult for diverse ideas to flourish?
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The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure by Yascha Mounk
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Elisabeth Ivarsflaten and Paul Sniderman on Inclusion and Respect of Muslim Minorities
Sara Wallace Goodman on Citizen Responses to Democratic Threats
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Mark Beissinger on Contemporary Urban Civic Revolutions
12 april 2022 · 49 min
I think the revolutionary process has become somewhat less consequential in some ways. The ability to bring about substantive change in the wake of revolution has deteriorated for one thing. We've gained certain things as well. I mean, revolutions are no longer as violent as they once were. They're more frequent than they once were, almost more normal in terms of being part of the political landscape in a way that they were not in the past. Lees meer
Mark Beissinger
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Mark Beissinger is a professor of politics at Princeton University and the author of the new book The Revolutionary City: Urbanization and the Global Transformation of Rebellion.
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An Account of the Orange Revolution in Ukraine
Description of Urban Civic Revolutions
Why are Revolutions more Successful than in the Past?
Why are Revolutions Less Violent?
How do Revolutions Continue to Change?
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The Revolutionary City: Urbanization and the Global Transformation of Rebellion by Mark Beissinger
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Erica Chenoweth on Civil Resistance
George Lawson on Revolution
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Craig Whitlock on the Lessons Learned in Afghanistan
5 april 2022 · 58 min
It's still shocking to me to read a lot of these documents and interviews in, The Afghanistan Papers, things that most people would think are obvious. What's the plan to end the war? What benchmarks do we have to achieve so that we know we can leave? You know, none of those things were thought out or articulated. Lees meer
Craig Whitlock
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Craig Whitlock is an investigative reporter at The Washington Post and the author of The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War.
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When did the War in Afghanistan Go Wrong
The Lies and Deception in Communications on the War
Differences in the Approach to the War Between Bush and Obama
Failures to Provide a Long-Term Political Solution
Lessons for Involvement in Ukraine and Beyond
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The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War by Craig Whitlock
Afghanistan Papers Document Database at The Washington Post
"At War With Truth" by Craig Whitlock
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Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili and Ilia Murtazashvili on Afghanistan, Local Institutions, and Self-Governance
Karen Greenberg on the War on Terror, Donald Trump, and American Democracy
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Miles Rapoport on How We Can Achieve Universal Voting
29 maart 2022 · 46 min
I have worked on voting issues for 35 years, for same-day registration and for opening up the process to younger people and preregistration, and, you know, nevertheless 35 years later we're still at 60 and 65%. 2020 was the highest turnout election ever and it was at 66%. So, I started to think what is it that could really, really move the needle and change the game. Lees meer
Miles Rapoport
A full transcript is available at www.democracyparadox.com or a short review of 100% Democracy: The Case for Universal Voting here.
Miles Rapoport is also the Senior Practice Fellow in American Democracy at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School. He formerly served as secretary of the state of Connecticut. He is the coauthor of the book 100% Democracy: The Case for Universal Voting with E.J. Dionne.
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What is Civic Duty Voting?
Why Should We Require Citizens to Vote?
Is Voting a Right or a Duty?
Australia's System of Civic Duty Voting
How Would it Change How Citizens Think About Themselves?
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100% Democracy: The Case for Universal Voting by Miles Rapoport and E.J. Dionne
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Lift Every Voice: The Urgency of Universal Civic Duty Voting
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Shari Davis Elevates Participatory Budgeting
Lee Drutman Makes the Case for Multiparty Democracy in America
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Between Russia and China: Anja Mihr on Central Asia
22 maart 2022 · 52 min
Russia... will lose ground here in the region over the next decade and China will fill it, because the Europeans are not doing it. The United States is not doing it. Iran is not doing it and Turkey cannot do it either. Lees meer
Anja Mihr
A full transcript is available at www.democracyparadox.com or a short review of Between Peace and Conflict in the East and the West Studies on Transformation and Development in the OSCE Region here.
Anja Mihr is an associate professor of Political Science at the OSCE Academy at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and the founder and program director of the Center on Governance through Human Rights at the HUMBOLDT-VIADRINA Governance Platform (gGmbH) in Berlin. Recently, she edited the volume Between Peace and Conflict in the East and the West Studies on Transformation and Development in the OSCE Region.
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Key Highlights
How do Central Asian countries feel about Russia's invasion of Ukraine?
Differences and similarities between Central Asian nations
Why has China become so influential in the region?
Sadyr Japarov and his rise to power
What is Glocalism?
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Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili and Ilia Murtazashvili on Afghanistan, Local Institutions, and Self-Governance
Timothy Frye Says Putin is a Weak Strongman
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Moisés Naím on the New Dynamics of Political Power
15 maart 2022 · 37 min
But what we have now is something that has not been sufficiently discussed, sufficiently understood, which is a criminalized state of which Russia is an example, in the Balkans we have some examples, in Latin America Venezuela stands out as an example. And that is essentially that the state becomes an organized criminal organization. An organization that essentially uses the structure, strategies, tactics, modalities of organized crime. Lees meer
Moisés Naím
A full transcript is available at www.democracyparadox.com or a short review of The Revenge of Power: How Autocrats Are Reinventing Politics for the 21st Century here.
Moisés Naím is a scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and an internationally syndicated columnist. He served as editor in chief of Foreign Policy, as Venezuela's trade minister, and as executive director of the World Bank. He is the author of The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn't What It Used to Be and most recently, The Revenge of Power: How Autocrats Are Reinventing Politics for the 21st Century.
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How 3P Autocrats Use Polarization, Populism, and Post-Truth to Consolidate Power
Why Do People Elect Autocrats
Naím's Personal Evolution in his Ideas on Power
The Rise of the Criminal State
Naím discusses Putin, Russia, and the War in Ukraine
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Sarah Repucci from Freedom House with an Update on Freedom in the World
Caitlin Andrews-Lee on Charismatic Movements and Personalistic Leaders
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Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili and Ilia Murtazashvili on Afghanistan, Local Institutions, and Self-Governance
8 maart 2022 · 48 min
It wasn't because Afghan social norms don’t support democracy. They do. And Afghans understood darn well what they were supposed to have. But they never even got the minimum of what they were promised in the constitution. Lees meer
Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili
A full transcript is available at www.democracyparadox.com or a short review of Land, the State, and War: Property Institutions and Political Order in Afghanistan here.
Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili and Ilia Murtazashvili are associate professors at the University of Pittsburgh and the authors of the recent book Land, the State, and War: Property Institutions and Political Order in Afghanistan. Jen is also the founding director and Ilia is an associate director of the Center for Governance and Markets.
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Description of the role of shuras, maliks, and mullahs in local governance
How property rights help explain local governance
Why has the state always been ineffective in Afghanistan
A little history on Afghanistan
Are local, self-governing institutions in Afghanistan democratic?
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Land, the State, and War: Property Institutions and Political Order in Afghanistan by Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili and Ilia Murtazashvili
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David Stasavage on Early Democracy and its Decline
Donald F. Kettl on Federalism
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