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    Jennifer Schirmer

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    Jennifer Schirmer holds a Ph.D. in Political Anthropology. She conducts research that addresses the mentalités of armed actors on both sides of conflicts--State security forces and non-State insurgents--with firsthand experience in Latin America, South Africa and The Philippines.... Read more about Jennifer Schirmer

    How Democracy in America Can Survive Donald Trump
    John Shattuck. 2/23/2018. “How Democracy in America Can Survive Donald Trump.” The American Prospect. Publisher's VersionAbstract
    New article by Senior Fellow John Shattuck in The American Prospect.

    Alexis de Tocqueville observed in 1835 that “the greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.” Tocqueville’s observation, broadly accurate over the past two centuries, is facing perhaps its most severe test today.

    In its 2016 “Democracy Index” report, the Economist Intelligence Unit downgraded the United States from a “full” to a “flawed democracy.” In 2018, Freedom House offered a more dire assessment: “[D]emocratic institutions have suffered erosion, as reflected in partisan manipulation of the electoral process, bias and dysfunction in the criminal justice system, and growing disparities in wealth, economic opportunity, and political influence.”

    Declining participation and confidence in government are not new, but the populist forces that propelled the election of Donald Trump signaled a new level of public disillusionment with democratic politics and institutions. During his campaign and first year in office, Trump’s core constituency cheered him on as he attacked fundamental elements of liberal democracy, including media freedom, judicial independence, and a pluralist civil society. 

    Read the full article in The American Prospect. 

    2018 Oct 26

    Conference: The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court at 20 - Looking Back and Looking Forward

    Registration Closed 11:30am to 4:30pm

    Location: 

    Malkin Penthouse, Harvard Kennedy School, Littauer Building, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA

    iccThe Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court at 20: Looking Back and Looking Forward


    A conference hosted by the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
    Harvard Kennedy School

    The adoption of the Rome Statute 20 years ago was a historic achievement in the global quest for justice and peace...

    Read more about Conference: The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court at 20 - Looking Back and Looking Forward

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