For immediate release
December 8, 2008
Contact: Rachel M Pugh
202-687-4328
rmp47@georgetown.edu
Georgetown Hosts Conference on Globalizing Autocracy, US Foreign Policy, and Democracy Assistance
WHO:
  • Daniel Brumberg, Georgetown University and the United States Institute of Peace's Muslim World Initiative
  • Larry Diamond, National Endowment for Democracy and Hoover Institution 
  • Tom Melia, Freedom House 
  • Ambassador Gérard Stoudmann, International Foundation for Electoral Systems 
  • Thomas Carothers, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 
  • Michelle Dunne, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 
  • Gerald Hyman, Center for Strategic and International Studies 
  • Carina Perelli, International Foundation for Electoral Systems
WHAT:

“Conference on Globalizing Autocracy, US Foreign Policy, and Democracy Assistance”

Democracy is in global retreat, and these setbacks are not just the result of failed consolidation. Rather, challenges to political freedoms are becoming more sophisticated, as authoritarian regimes are coordinating to suppress democracy at home and abroad. What are the implications of these strategies for U.S. foreign policy and democracy assistance programming?

Georgetown's Democracy and Governance Program and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems will host leaders in a discussion of these issues, including causes and consequences of authoritarian globalization as well as challenges for democracy assistance programs.

WHEN:
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 2:00 p.m.
WHERE:
National Press Club
Holeman Lounge, 13th floor
529 14th Street NW
Washington, DC 20004
SPONSORS:
Georgetown University’s Democracy and Governance Studies Program
COVERAGE:
Media interested in attending must RSVP to Rachel Pugh at 202-687-4328 or rmp47@georgetown.edu.