What Can Be Learned from International Perspectives on Autocracy and Democracy?
May 21, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. EDT
What happens when the contours of a constitutional democracy start to change? What are the most important warning signs and red lines? How can we tell the difference, and what are the steps that can strengthen, rather than weaken, a society’s democratic trajectory when under stress? This conversation will explore recent turns toward authoritarianism and other challenges for constitutional forms of government and identify key lessons.
Featuring
Stephen B. Heintz, Moderator
President and Chief Executive Officer, Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Kim Lane Scheppele
Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Sociology and International Affairs and the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University
Timothy Snyder
Chair in Modern European History; Director, Public History Lab; and Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy; University of Toronto
The conversation will be introduced by Laurie L. Patton, President of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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