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

Egor Lazarev | REDS Seminar | Dear Partners: International Actors and Local Connections in the Struggles Over Legal Reforms in the South Caucasus

Thursday, October 31, 2024
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (Pacific)

Panel Discussions

Featured Past Events

Past Events

Varieties of Identity Politics: A macro-historical approach

A Conversation with Leopoldo López: How to Defend Democracy and Fight Autocracy

Police, Provocation, Politics: Counterinsurgency in Istanbul | Book Talk with Deniz Yonucu

America and the Middle East Warscape

Defying the (Autocratic) Odds: A Conversation with María Corina Machado, Leader of Venezuela’s Democratic Movement

Bryn Rosenfeld | REDS Seminar: Why Risk It? Political Participation Under Autocracy

Democracy in the US and South Africa: Two Elections in Comparative Context

America Votes 2024: Part 4

Robert G. Wesson Lecture: A Discussion with Vladimir Kara-Murza, Russian Opposition Politician

Home But Not Free: Rule-Breaking and Withdrawal in Reentry

Trust & Transformation: Karthik Ramanna on Leading in Polarized Times

The Impact of Regional Conflict in MENA on Authoritarian Stability and Dissent

Egor Lazarev | REDS Seminar | Dear Partners: International Actors and Local Connections in the Struggles Over Legal Reforms in the South Caucasus

America Votes 2024: Part 3

Polarization in the U.S.

The Muslim Social: Neoliberalism, Poverty, and Charity in Turkey | Book Talk with Gizem Zencirci

Democracy Dilemma: Business Leadership in an Era of Rising Autocracies

Throwin’ in the Towel: Global Patterns of Presidential Election Concessions

America Votes 2024: Part 2

When Left Moves Right: The Decline of the Left and the Rise of the Populist Right

Parties, Patronage, and the State: New Paths to Bureaucratic Reform

America Votes 2024: Part 1

A Theory of Elite-initiated Democratization, Illustrated with the Case of Myanmar

2024 Global Development Postdoctoral Fellows Conference

Collisions: A Book Talk with Michael C. Kimmage