Democracy Promotion under Obama: Revitalization or Retreat?

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Democracy Promotion under Obama: Revitalization or Retreat?

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EVENT DETAILS

DATE	Thursday, January 12, 2012
TIME	12:15 to 1:45 p.m.
LOCATION	Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
SPEAKER	Thomas Carothers
COMMENTATORS	David Kramer and Jeremy Weinstein
MODERATOR	James Traub

Despite their initial inclination to lower the profile of U.S. democracy promotion, President Obama and his foreign policy team have had to confront a series of urgent, visible cases, from political upheaval in multiple Arab countries and unexpected events in Russia to thwarted elections in Côte d’Ivoire and beyond. Has the Obama administration succeeded in crafting a line that effectively balances U.S. interests and ideals? Or have they—as some critics charge—pulled back too far in supporting democracy abroad?

The discussion marks the launch of a new report by Thomas Carothers, Democracy Promotion under Obama: Revitalization or Retreat? A light lunch will be served beginning at 12:00 p.m. Copies of the report will be available at the event.

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Speaker

Thomas Carothers is the vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He is the founder and director of the Democracy and Rule of Law Program, which analyzes the state of democracy in the world and the efforts by the United States and other countries to promote democracy.

Commentators

David Kramer is president of Freedom House, which he joined in October 2010. He was previously a senior transatlantic fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and an adjunct professor at the Elliott School for International Affairs at George Washington University. Before joining GMF, Kramer served as assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights, and labor from March 2008 to January 2009.

Jeremy Weinstein is associate professor of political science and senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. He is also a nonresident fellow at the Center for Global Development. He served as director for development and democracy on the National Security Council staff from 2009 to 2011.

Moderator

James Traub is a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine, where he has worked since 1998. From 1994 to 1997, he was a staff writer for the New Yorker, and his writing has been published extensively in the New York Review of Books, the Atlantic Monthly, the National Review, and Foreign Affairs.

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