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The Political Climate in Venezuela: A Conversation with Armando Armas and Freddy Guevara
June 2016
CDDRL Mosbacher Director Francis Fukuyama interviews Armando Armas and Freddy Guevara, members of Venezuela's National Assembly in Buenos Aires, Argentina on the current situation of Venezuelan politics. The interview took place on May 30,...
Burma's Transition to Democracy: A Conversation with Larry Diamond
April 2016
On April 5, Mosbacher Director of CDDRL Francis Fukuyama held an interview with FSI Senior Fellow Larry Diamond on Burma's recent elections and it's ongoing transition to democracy.
Between Cyclops and Leviathan: Violence, Order, and Legitimacy at the Urban Margins
April 2016
Abstract:Ongoing crises of urban insecurity in Central America have spurred novel forms of state engagement in high-risk neighbourhoods.
Countering Violent Extremism
March 2016
AbstractUnder Secretary Sewall will deliver remarks on Countering Violent Extremism, the U.S. Government’s comprehensive approach for preventing the spread of ISIL and emergence of new terrorist threats.
Bassam Haddad Analyzes the Root Causes and Dynamics of the Syrian Uprising
February 2016
As part of the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy's speaker series, George Mason University scholar Bassam Haddad explained the roots and dynamics of the tragic Syrian uprising, with particular attention to its background and to the recent...
Nancy Lindborg: Building Peace in a Fragile World
December 2015
On October 8, 2015, Nancy Lindborg, president of the United States Institute of Peace, gave a talk to the CDDRL community entitled "Building Peace in a Fragile World."AbstractNew President of the United States Institute of Peace, Nancy Lindborg,...
Syria Today, Syria Tomorrow: Politics, Security, and Society
November 2015
Abstract:The Syrian crisis continues to grind on without a viable settlement to the conflict in sight.
Conflict and Crisis: Implications of Ongoing Human Rights Violations in Syria
November 2015
As the protracted and chaotic conflict in Syria continues into its fifth year, Syrians of all backgrounds are being subjected to gross human rights violations.
Talk by ballroom dancing legend Pierre Dulaine
May 2015
AbstractBallroom dancing legend Pierre Dulaine will discuss his 'Dancing Classrooms' method which he applied in his award winning documentary 'Dancing in Jaffa' to bring Arab and Jewish children together through dance. Mr.
War on Gaza in the Age of Human Rights: Prospects for Accountability
May 2015
Abstract:In July and August, hostilities in the Gaza Strip left 2,131 Palestinians and 71 Israelis dead, including 501 Palestinian children and one Israeli child.
The End of Neoliberalism and the Rise of the Human-Security State
February 2015
AbstractPaul Amar will discuss his book The Security Archipelago, winner of the 2014 Charles Taylor Book Award of the American Political Science Association.
Egypt’s Bread Intifada: On the Subject of the People
February 2015
AbstractOver the last four years of upheaval in the Arab world, the notion of “the people,” Egyptian and otherwise, has proven profoundly resilient. It is these “people”—as individuals and a collective—that are problematically celebrated as...
Authoritarianism in the Era of Mass Politics
February 2015
AbstractThe uprisings that spread across the Middle East in 2011 created new hope for democratic change in the Arab world. Four years later, the euphoria that greeted the Arab uprisings has given way to a far more somber mood, a recognition of...
Workers and Revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia
January 2015
Abstract:Arab workers participated prominently in the popular uprisings of 2011.
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Ertharin Cousin Payne Distinguished Lecturer at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Distinguished Fellow at the Center on Food Security and the Environment, Distinguished Fellow at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law 
