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Privilege and Punishment in the Courts
April 8, 2021
About the Event: The number of Americans arrested, brought to court, and incarcerated has skyrocketed in recent decades.
Do Programmatic Policies Always Win Votes?
March 11, 2021
About the Event: Do programmatic policies always yield electoral rewards?
Constraining Dictatorship
February 25, 2021
**Please note all CDDRL events are scheduled using the Pacific Time Zone About the Event: This book examines the creation and consequences of executive constraints in authoritarian regimes.
Making Hong Kong China
February 18, 2021
**Please note all CDDRL events are scheduled using the Pacific Time Zone About the Event: How can one of the world’s most free-wheeling cities transition from a vibrant global center of culture...
Myanmar’s New Coup: Comparing, Historicizing, and Theorizing
February 11, 2021
**Please note all CDDRL events are scheduled using the Pacific Time Zone About the Event: The paradox of analyzing politics in Myanmar is never knowing whether or not events should surprise us....
Promoting Democracy Around the World – Is Now the Time?
February 9, 2021
REGISTER HERE The United States has historically played an important role in promoting democracy to countries across the globe. But is the role of the U.S.
Fast Food, Urban Crises: A History
February 4, 2021
About the Event: In the wake of the racial unrest of 1968, the federal government embarked on a series of social programs designed to respond to the cries of Black communities demanding an end...
The Election Reform Agenda: A Deep Dive into H.R.1
February 1, 2021
H.R. 1, the For the People Act, is a sweeping bill that aims to strengthen American democracy.
Global Implications of China's Belt and Road Initiative
January 28, 2021
About the Event: In partnership with The Hoover Project on China's Global Sharp Power, Jonathan Hillman from the Center for Strategic & International Studies, Min Ye from Boston University,...
The January 25 Uprising at Ten: Incomplete Struggles and Evolving Trajectories in Egypt
January 24, 2021
This event is cosponsored by the "Ten Years on Project" ABSTRACT To mark the 10-year anniversary of Egypt’s January 25 Uprising and the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, this panel examines the trajectory...
The Judicial Tug of War
January 21, 2021
About the Event: Why have conservatives decried “activist judges”? And why have liberals - and America's powerful legal establishment - emphasized qualifications and experience over ideology?
Book Talk: Russia Resurrected: Its Power and Purpose in a New Global Order
January 19, 2021
REGISTER HERE An assessment of Russia that suggests that we should look beyond traditional means of power to understand its strength and capacity to disrupt international politics.
Notes on Culture and Counterinsurgency
January 14, 2021
**Please note all CDDRL events are scheduled using the Pacific Time Zone About the Event: Following the Allied invasion of Iraq in 2003, the U.S.
January 6th and the Crisis of American Democracy
January 8, 2021
REGISTER HERE Trump’s presidency has destabilized American democracy, culminating in the violent events at the United States Capitol while Congress certified the 2020 election results on...
The Unfinished Arab Spring Ten Years on: Where Are We Going?
January 4, 2021
ABSTRACT This talk is based on the speakers’ recently published edited volume The Unfinished Arab Spring: Micro-Dynamics of Revolts between Change and Continuity.
The university and authoritarian resilience in Turkey
December 9, 2020
About the Event: Increasing access to higher education is often seen as a threat to authoritarian regimes.
Strength in Numbers: How Women's Groups Close India's Political Gender Gap
November 30, 2020
About this Event: In India there persists a striking gender gap in political participation.
Building social cohesion through soccer in post-ISIS Iraq
November 19, 2020
**Please note all CDDRL events are scheduled using the Pacific Time Zone About the Event: Can intergroup contact build social cohesion after war?
New Ideas in Antitrust and the Tech Platforms
November 18, 2020
In October, the Justice Department sued Google for violating antitrust laws.These antitrust concerns are motivated by the potential economic harms caused by the tech giants’ monopoly positions, but...
Unfaithful Friends: Business in Authoritarian Asia
November 12, 2020
**Please note all CDDRL events are scheduled using the Pacific Time Zone About this Event: This book offers a novel theory of the nuances in relationships between business and political elites in...
The Historic 2020 elections
November 5, 2020
**Please note all CDDRL events are scheduled using the Pacific Time Zone About the Event: On November 3, in the midst of a pandemic, America elects its next President.
Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment
October 29, 2020
* Please note all CDDRL events are scheduled using the Pacific Time Zone About the event: Ahmet T.
Nostalgia and Populisms in Contemporary Tunisia
October 22, 2020
**Please note all CDDRL events are scheduled using the Pacific Time Zone About the Event: How does the widespread frustration that often accompanies democratic transitions shape the political...
Welfare for Autocrats: Social Assistance in China
October 15, 2020
**Please note all CDDRL events are scheduled using the Pacific Time Zone About the Event: What are the costs of the Chinese regime's fixation on quelling dissent in the name of political order, or ...
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