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Socrates/Confucius dialogue
With the ideas, institutions and practice of liberal democracy - once a model for the world - coming under fierce attack from various directions, could ‘new’ insights for rebooting democracy be found in classical Greek and Chinese perspectives? What would the great philosophical sages of East and West say 25 centuries later?
Democracy in Cartoons
How have political cartoonists responded to what is happening in the world? A New York Times editorial cartoonist examines the state of democracy through his drawings.
Talk With The Times
In this interactive session, Adam Bryant leads debate with senior Times journalists on topics and questions chosen by Athens Democracy Forum delegates
Sponsored by Sekyra Group and Open Society Foundations :Whither Free Media?
An examination of the troubling state of media freedom and autonomy in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as opportunities and threats to democracy generated by the Internet and social media.
Rethinking Democracy in a Changing World
After all the events over the past year, should we be looking for a new model of democracy? Has the Western template of democracy run its course?
The Case Against Elections
Democracy = Elections…but does it really? The case for ‘deliberative democracy.’
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