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MPA student asking a question to former president of Costa Rica Laura Chinchilla

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Chinchilla, Ghafari lead Brooks School conversation on the future of democracy

The event, titled “Democratic Leadership in a New World,” featured Chinchilla, the 2025–2026 John W. Nixon ’53 Distinguished Policy Fellow, in conversation with Ghafari, a Brooks MPA student and former mayor of Maidan Shahr, Afghanistan. The discussion was moderated by Professor Rachel Riedl, Peggy J. Koenig ’78 Director of the Center on Global Democracy.

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January 28, 2025

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