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Peter Ackerman talked about his lawsuit against the Commission on Presidential Debates and his efforts to open up the presidential debate process to more third party candidates. He responded…

Peter Ackerman and Jack Goldstone spoke about political unrest and popular uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East. In his remarks Mr. Goldstone focused on conditions that give rise to…

Minister Lagarde spoke about global financial markets, the impact of economic turmoil on world banking and financial interests, as well as negotiations between European nations on government…

Larry Diamond talked about his book The Spirit of Democracy: The Struggle to Build Free Societies Throughout the World, published by Times Books. He talked about the spread of democracy arou…

The Iraq Institute for Democracy held a forum focused on the prospects for democratic change in Iraq.

Participants of an event hosted by the U.S. Institute of Peace talked about various efforts to build democracy under repressive regimes. Among the issues they addressed were their experience…

The guests discussed the use of non-violence protests to bring change. They answered audience questions.