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Fostering Global Democracy: Freedom and Responsibility

Please join us for the Cornell Brooks School Center on Global Democracy's inaugural event: 

Fostering Global Democracy: Freedom and Responsibility

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9:00 am – 9:30 am Coffee Reception – Willard Straight Hall

9:30 am – 11:00 am Welcome and Keynote Conversation – Willard Straight Hall

Opening remarks by Michael I. Kotlikoff, interim president, Cornell University, and Colleen L. Barry, dean, Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy.

Keynote Conversation with Ron Daniels, president of Johns Hopkins University, about his book What Universities Owe Democracy. Moderated by Rachel Beatty Riedl, Peggy Koenig ’78 director, Brooks School Center on Global Democracy.

11:30 am – 4:15 pm Panel Discussions – Statler Hotel 

Welcome: Kenneth Roberts – Cornell University, Einaudi Center faculty fellow, Democratic Threats and Resilience

 11:30 am – 12:45 pm Global Democracy and Fundamental Freedoms (Statler Amphitheater)

  • Chair: Suzanne Mettler – Cornell University
  • Thomas Garrett – Cornell University, Brooks Faculty and Einaudi Center Lund Practitioner in Residence
  • Felix Maradiaga – Nicaragua Freedom Foundation
  • Elene Panchulidze – European Partnership for Democracy
  • Kate Wright – University of Edinburgh

 

12:45 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch (Taylor Room A&B)

1:30 pm – 2:45 pm Global Democracy and the Danger of Insecurity (Statler Amphitheater)

  • Chair: Gustavo Flores-Macías – Cornell University
  • Richard Youngs – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  • Joseph Sany – US Institute of Peace
  • Jennifer Dresden – Protect Democracy, Violence and Democracy Impact Tracker
  • Sabrina Karim – Cornell University

 

2:45 pm – 3:00 pm Coffee break (Conference foyer)

3:00 pm – 4:15 pm Global Democracy and Effective Governance (Statler Amphitheater)

  • Chair: Jamila Michener – Cornell University
  • Ambassador Michelle Gavin – Council on Foreign Relations
  • Linda Stern – National Democratic Institute
  • Javier Sajuria – Queen Mary University of London
  • Vineeta Vijayaraghavan – Leadership Now
  • DAA Lesley Warner – USAID, Democracy Rights and Governance Bureau

4:15 pm – 5:30 pm Reception – Statler Hotel (Pennsylvania Room)
 

Start Date: September 13, 2024
Start Time: 9:00 am
Location: Willard Straight Hall