By Michael Allen on March 15, 2010
Tuesday, March 16 – 10:00 am to 11:30 a.m. Disappearing God Gap: Religion’s Role in the 2008 Presidential Elections and Beyond – The Brookings Institution, Saul/Zilkha Rooms, 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC – In a new book by religion and politics experts Corwin Smidt and Kevin den Dulk, The Disappearing God Gap? (Oxford University [read full story]
Posted in Africa, Analysis, Asia, China, Democracy assistance, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Elections, Eurasia, Europe, Events, Fragile States, Global, Human rights, Iran, Iraq, Islam and democracy, Islam/politics, Latin America and the Carribean, Middle East and North Africa, NGOs/Civil society, National Endowment for Democracy, Pakistan, Regions, Religion and Democracy, Russia, Ukraine, Women, Zimbabwe, accountability, authoritarianism, autocrats, color revolutions, democracy, democracy and development, democracy promotion, democracy support, democratic reform, democratization, dictatorships, dissidents, economic crisis, emerging democracies, foreign policy, freedom of expression, governance, legislatures, media, promoting democracy, religious freedom, rule of law, sanctions, solidarity | Tagged Analyzing the Political Elite of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Democracy in Ukraine, Freedom House, Governance in the West Bank, Internet freedom, Islamism and Neo-secularism, Michael Posner, Obama Administration’s Russia Policy, Politics, post-Orange Revolution transition, radicalization, Russian Anti-Americanism, Security and Human Rights in the North Caucasus, Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, Transparency, Why There Is No ‘European Islam’, Zimbabwe |
By Katherine Bannor on January 25, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010- 12 noon. Ukraine After the First Round of Elections. Discussion with David Kramer, senior transatlantic fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. The Woodrow Wilson Center: One Wilson Plaza; Reagan Building; 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW. Full details at 202-691-4000, or http://www.wilsoncenter.org.
Monday, January 25, 2010- 6p.m. The Obama Administration’s [read full story]
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By Michael Allen on January 8, 2010
January 11, 2010. “There Is No Freedom Without Bread! 1989 and the Civil War That Brought Down Communism”, with author Constantine Pleshakov, visiting assistant professor of Russian and Eurasian studies and critical social thought at Mount Holyoke College. Woodrow Wilson Center’s (WWC) Cold War International History Project. 12 noon. Venue: WWC, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, [read full story]
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By Michael Allen on November 6, 2009
November 9, 2009. 20 Years Ago: The Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation invites you to a Roundtable Discussion with Torsten Herbst, Member of the State Legislature of Saxony, Secretary General of the Saxon Free Democratic Party (FDP). The Willard InterContinental Hotel, Crystal Room, 1401 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20004
The year 2009 [read full story]
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By Michael Allen on October 29, 2009
EVENTS
October 29, 2009, 12:15 p.m. “Revitalizing U.S. Democracy Assistance: The Challenge of the U.S. Agency for International Development.”
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP) invites you to a discussion featuring Thomas Carothers, vice president of studies at CEIP; James Boomgard, president and CEO of DAI; Lorne Craner, president of the International Republican Institute; James Michel, [read full story]
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By Michael Allen on October 23, 2009
October 27, 2009. Democracy That Delivers. Organized by the Center for International Private Enterprise.
Venue: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004.
Confirmed speakers include:
Hernando de Soto, Institute for Liberty and Democracy (Peru);
Larry Diamond, Hoover Institution (Stanford University);
Robert Litan, Kauffman Foundation;
Michael D. McCurry, Former [read full story]
Posted in Events | Tagged CIMA, CIPE, Events, NDI, NED, Women's Learning Partnership |
By Michael Allen on October 13, 2009
October 14, 2009. Putting Smart Power to Work
The US Global Leadership Coalition is hosting an interactive discussion around the State Department’s new Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR); a blueprint of a smart power approach to U.S. foreign policy. Click here to RSVP. Venue: Willard Hotel, 1401 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC. Program includes: 8:00 A.M. – Breakfast and Keynote; 9:00 [read full story]
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By Michael Allen on October 7, 2009
October 8, 2009. The 2009 White Paper on North Korean Human Rights
The US-Korea Institute at SAIS and the National Endowment for Democracy are pleased to co-sponsor a seminar on the status of human rights violations in North Korea, featuring Dr. Yoon Yeo-sang and Mr. Kim Sang-hun, on October 8, 2009.
Featuring: Dr. Yoon Yeo-sang, President, North [read full story]
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By Michael Allen on September 30, 2009
The National Endowment for Democracy and The Embassy of Poland invite you to attend a memorial symposium celebrating the life and thought of Leszek Kolakowski (1927-2009).
Democracy, Totalitarianism, and the Culture of Freedom
Moderator: Zbigniew Brzezinski, CSIS
Panelists: Richard Pipes, Harvard University;
George Weigel, Ethics and Public Policy Center
Abbas Milani, Stanford University
Nadia Diuk, National Endowment for Democracy
Thursday, [read full story]
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By Michael Allen on September 28, 2009
September 29, 2009. Challenges to U.S. Government Support for Media Development Featuring: Andrew Green, Author, Challenges to U.S. Government Support of Media Development. With comments by: Troy Etulain, U.S. Agency for International Development*, Mark Whitehouse, IREX. Moderated by: Marguerite Sullivan, Center for International Media Assistance.
Too few media experts, not enough technological know-how, and potentially problematic funding [read full story]
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