Past Israel Program Events

Featured Past Events

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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Panel Discussions

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

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

Seminars

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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Seminars

Lectures

Film Screenings

Seminars

Konstantin Sonin REDS Seminar | The Reverse Cargo Cult: Why Authoritarian Governments Lie to Their People

Thursday, April 9, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)

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Seminars

Didi Kuo — Beyond Policy: The Rise of Non-Programmatic Party Competition in Advanced Democracies

Thursday, April 2, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)

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Lectures

Seminars

Israel Insights Webinar with Masua Sagiv — Who Stands for Democracy? Understanding Israel's Constitutional Crisis

Wednesday, March 11, 2026
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM (Pacific)

Featured Past Events

Past Events

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

Miriam Golden — Capacity Gaps: Governance and Corruption Around the World

Film Screening & Discussion — El Salvador: A Carceral State of Terror

R. Daniel Kelemen, Hanna Folsz | Miracle on the Danube? The Hungarian Election of April 2026

Israel Insights Webinar with Tomer Persico — Liberalism in Israel: Foundations, Development, and Crises

Invisible Rulers: Information Warfare and Public Trust

Konstantin Sonin REDS Seminar | The Reverse Cargo Cult: Why Authoritarian Governments Lie to Their People

Didi Kuo — Beyond Policy: The Rise of Non-Programmatic Party Competition in Advanced Democracies

Libitzky Lecture on Israel and the Great Powers at the Helen Diller Institute

DAL Webinar Series — Rebuilding Democracy in Venezuela: Transforming the Security Sector

Hannah Chapman | REDS Seminar - The Information Paradox: Citizen Appeals and Authoritarian Governance in Russia

Israel Insights Webinar with Masua Sagiv — Who Stands for Democracy? Understanding Israel's Constitutional Crisis