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Pembroke College, Oxford in partnership with Oxford University, is hosting an all-star panel of experts to discuss “Democracy in Crisis: Prospects for democracy in a post-COVID World” on May 20th at 1:30 pm Eastern time (6:30 pm British Summer Time).

Please join us via YouTube for this FREE event by pre-registering here.

Once registered, your questions can be submitted in advance.

The distinguished panel includes Lord Christopher Patten of Barnes, former Governor of Hong Kong, the Chancellor of Oxford University and Pembroke College Visitor; Lord Michael Heseltine ‘54,  former Deputy Prime Minister; Hon. Monica Juma ’96, Kenya’s Deputy Defense Secretary; and Graham Allison (Hertford ’62), Douglas Dillon Professor of Government at Harvard University, former Dean of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and author of the bestselling Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’ Trap?.  The Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, Sir Ernest Ryder will introduce the program. The BBC’s Tanya Beckett ’84 will moderate.

Watch as these fascinating leaders and experts tackle the hard questions we find ourselves facing today.  Is democracy as existentially threatened today as it was in the 1920’s and 1930’s? What’s driving the reemergence of popularly supported autocrats and “illiberal” democracies? To what degree is the traditional western model of democracy relevant and suited for the days ahead?

“Democracy in Crisis” is the second in a series of important panel discussions organized by Pembroke College, Oxford focusing on major international issues. The first, an analysis of the 2020 US elections, featured Pembrokians Philip Lader ’67; Stuart Stevens ’72, and Sen. Angus King (I-ME) and is archived at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLDqkZmdp7M .