The End of Democracy?

Overview Speakers

Mass protest movements in the 21st century in many instances have resulted in state failures rather than stable democracies. Can governments that dissociate economic from political freedoms endure and prosper over the long term?

- What has gone wrong with democracy?
- How can democracy be revived?

Simultaneous interpretation in English and German

This session is on the record and webcast live.

Ngaire Woods

Dean, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford

Angel Gurría

President, Paris Peace Forum

Wang Hui

Professor of Literature and History, School of Humanities, Tsinghua University

Vitaliy Klitschko

Mayor of Kyiv, Kyiv City State Administration (KCSA)

John W. Hickenlooper

Senator from Colorado (D), United States Senate

Ali Tarhouni

President, Constitution Drafting Assembly of Libya

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