Event
What Can Be Learned from International Perspectives on Autocracy and Democracy?
May 21, 2025
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Online
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

Speaker
Kim Lane Scheppele
Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Sociology and International Affairs and the University Center for Human Values
Princeton University
Academy Member

Speaker
Timothy Snyder
Chair in Modern European History; Director, Public History Lab; and Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
University of Toronto

Moderator
Stephen B. Heintz
President and Chief Executive Officer
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Academy Member