Online lecture 01/03/2023 19:00
LECTURE BY LARRY DIAMOND
Larry Diamond is a professor of political science and sociology at Stanford University, where he teaches courses on democracy, democratic development, and American foreign policy.
Diamond has served as an advisor to many government and international organizations at various points in his life, including the US State Department, the United Nations, the World Bank, and the US Agency for International Development. He is one of the founders and co-editors of the Journal of Democracy, published by the National Endowment for Democracy. He is also the co-coordinator of the Iran Democracy Project at the Hoover Institution with Abbas Milani and Michael McFaul.
Diamond’s research focuses on democratic trends and conditions around the world, as well as policies and reforms to protect and advance democracy. His latest book, Ill Winds: Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency (2019), examines the challenges facing liberal democracy in the United States and around the world at a turning point in history and proposes an agenda to strengthen and protect democracy at home and abroad.
Free access
Larry Diamond will give an online lecture on the topic of:
“THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY IN UKRAINE AND THE WORLD”
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This event is directed to
discussion of the importance of the democratic development of Ukraine, especially in the context of the war with Russia. Today, Ukraine is an outpost and vanguard of the free world, so a clear understanding of democratic principles and their synchronization with the entire civilized democratic world is extremely necessary.
The lecture will be interesting for
- Ukrainian civil servants
- deputies of all levels
- diplomats
- political analysts and political scientists
- representatives of civil society
- the general public interested in the problems of modern democracy and the challenges of democratic development
The main subjects of the meeting
- Understanding modern democracy – values and principles
- Democratic development or decline?
- Key challenges of modern democracy and the search for adequate answers to them
- The democratic process in Ukraine within the framework of the war with russia
- Key trends of democratization
- The future of democracy in Ukraine and the world