Has democratic erosion in the United States hindered the country’s ability to promote democracy abroad? Have U.S. efforts abroad affected processes at home? The democratic sheen of the United States has been visibly tarnished at the same time that the U.S. has ceded leadership on this issue globally. This session will address the potential linkages between these two trends in ways that might inform strategies to reverse them together. Can a genuine attempt to strengthen attention to democracy at home – including commitment to social justice practices on race, gender, and LGBTQ rights, for example – make the U.S. a more effective advocate abroad? Can greater attention to inclusive processes on global issues draw in domestic audiences and strengthen commitments to these processes at home? How can the U.S. best facilitate a global push to turn back the tide of democratic erosion and form part of a renewed democratic wave?
Has democratic erosion in the United States hindered the country’s ability to promote democracy abroad? Have U.S. efforts abroad affected processes at home? The democratic sheen of the United States has been visibly tarnished at the same time that the U.S. has ceded leadership on this issue globally. This session will address the potential linkages between these two trends in ways that might inform strategies to reverse them together. Can a genuine attempt to strengthen attention to democracy at home – including commitment to social justice practices on race, gender, and LGBTQ rights, for example – make the U.S. a more effective advocate abroad? Can greater attention to inclusive processes on global issues draw in domestic audiences and strengthen commitments to these processes at home? How can the U.S. best facilitate a global push to turn back the tide of democratic erosion and form part of a renewed democratic wave?
SPEAKERS:
Tamara Cofman Wittes, Senior Fellow, Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution
Daniel Baer, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
William J. Dobson, Co-Editor, Journal of Democracy
MODERATED BY:
Deborah Avant, Professor and Director of the Sié Chéou-Kang Center for International Security & Diplomacy, Josef Korbel School of International Studies
Naazneen Barma, Associate Professor and Director of the Scrivner Institute of Public Policy, Josef Korbel School of International Studies
Hosted by the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver.