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[News] NED: ″Foreign Policies of Emerging-Market Democracies: What Role for Democracy and Human Rights?″

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Date: 11-04-13 15:00

Link: http://www.brookings.edu/events/2011/0414_emerging_democracies.aspx

A MANAGING GLOBAL ORDER EVENT

Foreign Policies of Emerging-Market Democracies: What Role for Democracy and Human Rights?

Human Rights, International Organizations, International Relations

Event Summary

The rapid growth of emerging powers in recent years has raised many questions about the future of global governance. A vital bloc within this group is that of the emerging-market democracies, the leading group of developing countries that are governed democratically. While much attention has been paid to how these powers influence the world economy, not enough consideration has been given to these powers’ foreign policies, including how they influence the advancement of human rights and democracy.

Event Information

When

Thursday, April 14, 2011

to

Friday, April 15, 2011

Where

Falk Auditorium

The Brookings Institution

1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW

Washington, DC

Map

Event Materials

Reuters/Paulo Whitaker

Contact: Brookings Office of Communications

Email: events@brookings.edu

Phone: 202.797.6105

On April 14 and 15, the Managing Global Order project at Brookings and the International Forum for Democratic Studies at the National Endowment for Democracy hosted a conference on the foreign policies of emerging-market democracies and their efforts to advance human rights and democracy. Leading experts on Brazil, India, Indonesia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, and multilateral affairs explored these countries’ strategies and tactics and made suggestions for U.S. policymakers. On April 15, Samantha Power, special advisor to the president and senior director for multilateral affairs and human rights at the National Security Council, provided commentary on the administration’s efforts to work with the emerging democracies.

After each panel, panelists took audience questions.

Participants

Thursday, April 14

2:00 PM -- Welcome and Introductory Remarks

Ted Piccone

Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Foreign Policy

Marc Plattner

Director, International Forum for Democratic Studies

National Endowment for Democracy

2:30 PM -- Panel 1: India

Moderator: Francine Frankel

Professor and Founding Director, Center for the Study of Contemporary India

University of Pennsylvania

Author: Pratap Bhanu Mehta

President

Center for Policy Research

Commentator: Satu Limaye

Director, East-West Center

3:30 PM -- Break

3:45 -- Panel 2: Brazil

Moderator: Diego Abente

Deputy Director, International Forum for Democratic Studies

National Endowment for Democracy

Author: Roberto Abdenur

Former Brazilian Ambassador to U.S

Commentator: Carlos Pereira

Visiting Fellow, Foreign Policy, Global Economy and Development, Latin America Initiative

4:45 PM -- Panel 3: Turkey

Moderator: Fiona Hill

Director, Center on the United States and Europe

Author: Soli Ozel

Professor, Istanbul Bilgi University

Commentator: Ömer Taşpınar

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe

Friday, April 15

9:00 AM -- Panel 4: South Africa

Moderator: Akwe Amosu

Africa Advocacy Director

Open Society Policy Center

Author: Moeletsi Mbeki

Deputy Chairperson, The South African Institute of International Affairs

Commentator: Pauline Baker

President, Fund for Peace

10:00 AM -- Break

10:15 AM -- Panel 5: Indonesia

Moderator: Brian Joseph

Senior Director, Asia and Multiregional Programs

National Endowment for Democracy

Author: Rizal Sukma

Executive Director

Center for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta, Indonesia

Commentator: Donald Emmerson

Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Stanford University

11:15 AM -- Panel 6: South Korea

Moderator: Kongdan Oh

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies

Author: Youngshik Bong

Senior Researcher, Asan Institute for Policy Studies

Author: Chaibong Hahm

Director, Asan Institute for Policy Studies

Commentator: Scott Snyder

Director, Center for U.S.-Korea Policy

The Asia Foundation

12:15 PM -- Lunch Keynote

Introduction: Carl Gershman

President, National Endowment for Democracy

Samantha Power

Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director, Office of Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights

National Security Council

2:00 PM -- Panel 7: Multilateral Organizations

Moderator: Richard Gowan

Associate Director

Center on International Cooperation

Author: Ted Piccone