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Understanding Indonesia’s Recent Election

February 26, 2024

Democracy and development were on the ballot during Indonesia’s national elections earlier this month according to experts at a Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia event on what Prabowo Subianto’s victory now portends for the future of the country.

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Upcoming Events

2024 Mar 19

Confronting Dictators: Lessons from Egypt, Russia, and Venezuela

5:00pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Allison Dining Room, 5th Floor, Taubman Building, Harvard Kennedy School

Harvard ID holders are invited to join us for a discussion featuring student researchers from the Non-Violent Action Lab: 

  • Shady ElGhazaly Harb MC/MPA 2023 (Egypt) 
  • Maria Kuznetsova MPP 2025 (Russia)  
  • Freddy Guevara MC/MPA 2024 (Venezuela) 

Erica Chenoweth, Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment and Director, Nonviolent Action Lab, will moderate.  

The panelists will discuss how their experiences, lessons learned, and perspectives on their respective struggles, nations,...

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2024 Mar 19

Leveling the playing field: Sports and racial equity in the United States

6:00pm to 7:00pm

Location: 

JFK Jr. Forum, Harvard Kennedy School and Virtual

In the United States, sports and patriotism go hand in hand. For decades, expressions of national pride have been common at sporting events — starting with national anthem renditions in 1918 and including military flyovers since 2001. Once considered a 'politically neutral' space, the sports industry is now a contested stage for American patriotism and dissent — as well as power struggles between white owners and managers, and the vast majority of players, who are of color. How are players and journalists using this stage to advance racial equity in the U.S. today? 

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2024 Mar 21

India’s National Election: The Future of the World’s Largest Democracy

9:00am to 10:00am

Location: 

Virtual, Registration Required

As India prepares for general elections beginning next month, the world’s largest democracy finds itself at an inflection point. With incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) expected to maintain control of the country’s parliament, what can we expect from a third five-year term? What are the opportunities and challenges that a dominant BJP poses to India’s democracy? Is India’s democracy in decline, as some assert, or does it remain broadly competitive and inclusive and perhaps even a relative bastion of democracy’s promise?

Speakers include:...

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