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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Past Events

Seminars

Natalie Letsa — The Autocratic Voter: Partisanship and Political Socialization under Dictatorship

Thursday, February 5, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)

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Lectures

Leadership Is Your Choice: Dean Gruenfeld in Conversation with Professor Linda Ginzel

Monday, February 2, 2026
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM (Pacific)

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Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat — Backsliding Democracy in Class and Identity Politics: A Human Rights Theory of Democracy

Thursday, January 29, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)

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Lectures

Book Talk with Ambassador Dennis Ross — Statecraft 2.0: What America Needs to Lead in a Multipolar World

Wednesday, January 14, 2026
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM (Pacific)

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Neil Malhotra — Majority Opinions: The Political Consequences of an Out-of-Step Supreme Court

Thursday, January 8, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)

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Panel Discussions

Venezuela After Maduro: Democracy, Authoritarian Rebalancing, or Chaos

Wednesday, January 7, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)

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Lectures

Hope and Despair: The Emotional Response to the War in Ukraine

Wednesday, December 10, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (Pacific)

Seminars

Sanjeev Khagram — Innovating an AI-Powered Global Resilience Intelligence Platform and Partnership (GRIPP) for Good Governance, Human Security, and Sustainable Development

Tuesday, December 9, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)

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Book Talk with Michael McFaul | Autocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder

Monday, December 8, 2025
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM (Pacific)

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Seminars

Nate Persily — Lessons from 2024 for the 2026 Election

Thursday, December 4, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)

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Israel Insights Webinar with Emmanuel Navon — Understanding Israel’s Foreign Policy: Past, Present, and Possible Futures

Wednesday, December 3, 2025
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM (Pacific)

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Ana Paula Pellegrino — Organizing from Within: Defining and Classifying Police-Led Armed Groups in Rio de Janeiro

Thursday, November 20, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)

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Panel Discussions

Seminars

Hanna Folsz — Economic Retaliation and the Decline of Opposition Quality

Thursday, November 13, 2025
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM (Pacific)

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Panel Discussions

Featured Past Events

Past Events

Natalie Letsa — The Autocratic Voter: Partisanship and Political Socialization under Dictatorship

Leadership Is Your Choice: Dean Gruenfeld in Conversation with Professor Linda Ginzel

Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat — Backsliding Democracy in Class and Identity Politics: A Human Rights Theory of Democracy

Israel Insights Webinar with Sima Shine & Raz Zimmt — The Israel-Iran Conflict: What's Next?

Andrew Michta | REDS Seminar: Europe in an Age of Great Power Conflict: Will Deterrence Hold?

Information Session — Fisher Family CDDRL Honors Program AY26-27

Riza Yildirim — Neither In Nor Outside the Turkish Nation: The AKP’s Alevi Policies in Historical Perspective

Emil Kamalov — Reversing Brain Drain from Autocracies: Autocratic Policies, Regime Change, and Return Migration

Book Talk with Ambassador Dennis Ross — Statecraft 2.0: What America Needs to Lead in a Multipolar World

Neil Malhotra — Majority Opinions: The Political Consequences of an Out-of-Step Supreme Court

Venezuela After Maduro: Democracy, Authoritarian Rebalancing, or Chaos

Hope and Despair: The Emotional Response to the War in Ukraine

Sanjeev Khagram — Innovating an AI-Powered Global Resilience Intelligence Platform and Partnership (GRIPP) for Good Governance, Human Security, and Sustainable Development

Book Talk with Michael McFaul | Autocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder

Nate Persily — Lessons from 2024 for the 2026 Election

Israel Insights Webinar with Emmanuel Navon — Understanding Israel’s Foreign Policy: Past, Present, and Possible Futures

Ana Paula Pellegrino — Organizing from Within: Defining and Classifying Police-Led Armed Groups in Rio de Janeiro

Who Gets to Decide? McKinsey, Power, and Public Consequences

Kim Lane Scheppele | REDS Seminar: The EU's New Democracy Deficit

Israel Insights Webinar with Ksenia Svetlova — Israel and the Multipolar World: Lessons from Ukraine, Gaza, and Beyond

Unfinished Business: A Tribute to Marcel Fafchamps

Hanna Folsz — Economic Retaliation and the Decline of Opposition Quality

Jews vs. Rome: Barry Strauss & Erich Gruen in Conversation

2025 BBC Reith Lecture: “Fighting for Humanity in the Age of the Machine”

Film Screening | Mr. Nobody Against Putin