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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Seminars

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

Thursday, April 23, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)

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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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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

Kingdom of Crossroads: Jordan’s Politics and the Future of Arab Democracy

Wednesday, March 4, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)

War and the Arab World: Regional Responses and Consequences

Tuesday, March 3, 2026
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM (Pacific)

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AI, Cyber & Systemic Risk: Securing the Digital Frontline

Tuesday, March 3, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (Pacific)

Seminars

Adrienne LeBas — Can Social Intermediaries Build the State? Taxation and State-Building in Lagos, Nigeria

Thursday, February 26, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)

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Featured Past Events

Past Events

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

DAL Webinar Series — Rebuilding Democracy in Venezuela: Economic Stabilization and Recovery

Laia Balcells — The Impact of Transitional Justice Museums: Comparative Evidence from Three Randomized Control Trials

Kingdom of Crossroads: Jordan’s Politics and the Future of Arab Democracy

War and the Arab World: Regional Responses and Consequences

AI, Cyber & Systemic Risk: Securing the Digital Frontline

Adrienne LeBas — Can Social Intermediaries Build the State? Taxation and State-Building in Lagos, Nigeria

Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture featuring Judea Pearl

Israel Insights Webinar with Oded Ailam — Hamas, Israel, and the West: Why This Conflict Matters Far Beyond Gaza

Four Years of War: Updates from Ukraine

Power and Accountability: The Costs and Benefits of Speaking Up

Oliver Kaplan — Assessing Labor Market Discrimination Against Ex-combatants

Book Talk with Muna Güvenç — The City Is Ours: Spaces of Political Mobilization and Imaginaries of Nationhood in Turkey

Rebuilding Democracy in Venezuela: Political Challenges and Pathways Forward

Book Launch: Egypt's New Authoritarian Republic