Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Roundtable Series
Director: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow and Director of the Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative; Director of the Women and Foreign Policy Program
November 10, 2010 - Present
Meetings
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A Conversation With Rached Ghannouchi
Speaker:
Rashed Ghannouchi, Cofounder and President, Nahdha Party, TunisiaPresiders:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow and Director, Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative, Council on Foreign Relations, Ed Husain, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is on the record.
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The Rest Leapfrogging the West: How Rising Incomes and Technological Innovation Are Driving Financial Inclusion in Emerging Markets
Speakers:
Robert Annibale, Global Director of Microfinance, Citigroup, Shamshad Akhtar, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United NationsPresider:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Director, Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is on the record.
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Realizing Democracy: Lessons from Mexico and Brazil
Speaker:
Shannon K. O'Neil, Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsPresider:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Director, Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Realizing Democracy: Lessons from Thailand and Indonesia
Speaker:
Joshua Kurlantzick, Fellow for Southeast Asia, Council on Foreign RelationsPresider:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Director, Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is on the record.
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Realizing Democracy: Lessons from South Africa and Nigeria
Speaker:
John Campbell, Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsPresider:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Director, Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is on the record.
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Realizing Democracy: Lessons from Poland
Speakers:
Grzegorz Ekiert, Professor of Government, Harvard University, George Soroka, Lecturer on Government, Harvard UniversityPresider:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow and Director of the Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy InitiativeThis meeting is on the record.
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Women's Empowerment and the Path to Democracy in the New Middle East
Speaker:
Nadereh Chamlou, Senior Adviser to the Chief Economist of Middle East and North Africa Region, World BankPresider:
Reza Aslan, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is on the record.
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Afghanistan Post-2014
Speaker:
Fawzia Koofi, Member of Parliament and Presidential Candidate, AfghanistanPresider:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Director, Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy InitiativeThis meeting is on the record.
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ICT for Development: Combating Corruption and Increasing Government Accountability
Speaker:
Boris Weber, Team Leader, ICT4Gov and Voices Against Corruption, World Bank InstitutePresider:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy and Director, Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is on the record.
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Why Nations Fail
Speaker:
Daron Acemoglu, Coauthor, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty; Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPresider:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow and Director of the Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative; Director of the Women and Foreign Policy Program, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is on the record.
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Saudi Arabia on the Edge
Speaker:
Thomas W. Lippman, Middle East InstitutePresider:
Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is on the record.
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Illiberal Religious Democracies: Challenges for U.S. Foreign Policy
Speaker:
Amitai Eztioni, University Professor and Professor of International Relations, The George Washington UniversityPresider:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow and Director, Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is on the record.
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Corruption: Good for Growth?
Speaker:
Michael Klein, Professor for Development Policy, Frankfurt School of Finance & ManagementPresider:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Director, Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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USAID in the 21st Century
Speaker:
Donald K. Steinberg, Deputy Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)Presider:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Director, Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is on the record.
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A Conversation with Asma Jahangir
Speaker:
Asma Jahangir, President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan and recipient of the Leo Nevas Human Rights Prize of the United Nations Association of the United States of AmericaPresider:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow and Director of the Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative; Director of the Women and Foreign Policy Program, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Rock the Casbah: A Conversation with Author Robin Wright
Speaker:
Robin Wright, Author, Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World and Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle EastPresider:
Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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New Approaches to Poverty Reduction: A Conversation with Dean Karlan
Speaker:
Dean Karlan, Yale UniversityPresider:
Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Rights, Revolution, and Reform in Iran
Speaker:
Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Human Rights Lawyer, and AuthorPresider:
Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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A Conversation with Daniel Yohannes
Speaker:
Daniel Yohannes, Millennium Challenge CorporationPresider:
Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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How the West Was Lost: A Conversation with Dambisa Moyo
Speaker:
Dambisa Moyo, Author, How the West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly-and the Stark Choices AheadPresider:
Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Remodeling Global Capitalism after the Crisis: A Conversation with Anatole Kaletsky
Speaker:
Anatole Kaletsky, Editor at Large, The Times of London; Author, Capitalism 4.0: The Birth of a New Economy in the Aftermath of CrisisPresider:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow and Director, Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Prospects for Israeli-Palestinian Peace: Bottom-Up and Top-Down Approaches
Speaker:
Robert M. Danin, Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsPresider:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy and Director, Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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