Trend or Exception?
Democratization in Armenia and Authoritarianism Worldwide
Panel
At a time when there is great concern over the apparent decline of liberal democracy around the world, in 2018 Armenia seemed to be a notable exception and was hailed as “badly needed good news for democracy” by the Washington Post. As the one-year anniversary of the Velvet Revolution approaches, is the news still good? Is Armenia an outlier, an exceptional case in a world where government-by-strong-man increasingly is the model? What can be learned from the examples of other states where democracy is in peril? Join with a panel of distinguished scholars to discuss these and other issues relating to democracy and authoritarianism in Armenia and around the world.
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4:06 Introduction by moderator Dr. Lisa Gulesserian
8:20 Dr. Valerie Sperling (Department of Political Science, Clark University)
23:30 Dr. Dimitri Sotiropoulos (Visiting Scholar, Center for European Studies, Harvard University)
44:36 Dr. Anna Ohanyan (Richard B. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Stonehill College)
1:07:47 Panel Discussion and Q&A;
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April 30, 2019
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Fong Auditorium (Boylston Hall)
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
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Co-Sponsored by:
The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Armenian General Benevolent Union Young Professionals (AGBU YP)
Thanks to The Harvard Armenian Students Association