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Festival of Dangerous Ideas

Nov 27, 2022

From Russia and China to America, Turkey and beyond, illiberal leaders have used corruption, machismo, disinformation, propaganda and violence to stay in power and expand their influence for decades.  

With authoritarianism now governing over 60% of the world’s population, are we witnessing a backslide in democracy...


Nov 13, 2022

While we’ve all watched the rise of the US in our lifetimes, its recent decline has been a hot topic of conversation with ballooning inequality, military overreach, gun violence and police shootings, the great recession, and a dramatic slide into decadence and division provided by recent politics and structures...