LIVE EVENT - Democratic Erosion and Academic Freedom: Hungary, India, Turkey and Beyond (13 May)
Democratic Erosion and Academic Freedom
Hungary, India, Turkey and Beyond
Thursday, 13 May 2021
12:00 PM CDT
Co-sponsored by the Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory (3CT), the Chicago Center on Democracy, the University of Chicago s Department of Political Science, and the Arab Studies Institute
Widespread democratic backsliding is raising alarm bells about the future of academic freedom in democratic and autocratic regimes. Such fears are not unwarranted. Institutions of higher education suffer from systemic and multi-faceted attacks across the globe. Transgressions on university autonomy, restrictions on research and curriculum, widespread neoliberal transformation of funding structures, and attacks on the life and liberty of academics themselves demonstrate the extensiveness of the arsenal employed by a multitude of governments. Are the recent attacks on academic freedom spill
Climbing down from a summit of democratic expectations
6 January 2021
Author: Alexander R Arifianto, RSIS
Joe Biden’s victory in November’s US presidential election signals possible changes in the country’s Indo-Pacific strategy and its bilateral relationships with ASEAN members. Its relationship with Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest democracy, will be of utmost importance if the new US administration hopes to achieve its goal of promoting democratic norms and values in the region.
The Biden administration is expected to continue its predecessor’s efforts to contain China’s rising influence in Asia. But Biden’s approach will rely on multilateral and regional institutions both existing (such as ASEAN) and new. The President-elect proposed a ‘Summit for Democracy’ a coalition of nations committed to promoting liberal democratic values and to working together to resolve global security, economic and technological issues.