Past Israel Program Events

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Climate Resilience Conference

More than 200 academics and political leaders met for “Climate Resilience and Local Governmental Policy: Lessons from Los Angeles and Tel Aviv,” a groundbreaking conference organized by CDDRL's Visiting Fellows in Israel Studies program.

Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture featuring Yossi Klein Halevi

The discussion is moderated by Professor Larry Diamond, in conversation with Yossi Klein Halevi, a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, Israel. Q&A with the audience is moderated by Amichai Magen, FSI's inaugural Visiting Fellow in

Reflections on Israel at 75

Wednesday, April 26, 2023. Featuring a discussion on Israel’s many notable achievements as well as the challenges to its democratic nature.

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Israel Insights Webinar with Ambassador Daniel Shapiro — US-Israel Security Relations: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going?

Thursday, May 21, 2026
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM (Pacific)

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Democratic Hollowing in Peru: The Under Explored Pathway of Democratic Erosion

Friday, May 15, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)

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Michael Albertus — Winning Under Electoral Authoritarianism: Turning Out the “Right” Votes in Venezuela

Thursday, May 14, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)

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Democratic Backsliding and Resistance: Poland’s Civil Society, Electoral Strategies, and Institutional Levers

2026 CDDRL Fisher Family Honors Program Award Winner Presentations

"Lyuba's Hope" Film Screening

Colombia at a Crossroads: Ballots, Bullets, and the Future of Democracy

Yossi Melman — Israel's Intelligence Community: What Have We Learned From Gaza, Iran, and Lebanon?

Stephen J. Stedman — Everything's Security and No One is Secure: A Short History of a Vague Concept

Chokepoints: How Economic Warfare is Changing the World

The Arab World in an Era of War and Upheaval: A Conversation with Joel Beinin

Cross-Sectoral Mobilization in Defense of Democracy: Insights from Israel’s Judicial Reform

Alice Evans — The Global Islamic Revival

Israel Insights Webinar with Ambassador Daniel Shapiro — US-Israel Security Relations: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going?

Democratic Backsliding and Resilience: South Korea’s December 3 Martial Law Crisis

Black Politics and American Democracy

Book Talk with Mikhail Zygar — The Dark Side of the Earth: The Unfinished End of the Cold War

Democratic Hollowing in Peru: The Under Explored Pathway of Democratic Erosion

Michael Albertus — Winning Under Electoral Authoritarianism: Turning Out the “Right” Votes in Venezuela

Matthew Levitt — The Middle East after the Iran War

Lessons from Venezuela: Electoral Resistance to Popular Autocrats (2007–2013)

Katherine Casey — Candidate Entry into Local Government

Izabella Tabarovsky — From Soviet Antisemitism to Contemporary Antizionism

Spotlight on Social Sciences in Latin America

Anna Grzymala-Busse — What Counts as a State? State Development and Fragmentation in Europe

Private Equity and the Future of American Capitalism

Rebuilding Democracy in Venezuela — Breaking the Paradox of Plenty: Can Venezuela Escape the Resource Trap?

Private Power and Democracy's Decline: Book Talk with Mordecai Kurz