Guest speakers:

David Merrill, President of the U.S. – Indonesia Society (USINDO)


Professor David Denoon, Professor of Politics and Economics at New York University and Director of the NYU Center on U.S.-China Relations

Democracy has had a mixed record in South East. Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, is considered to be a beacon of democratic transformation in the region despite serious obstacles along this path. Meanwhile, Thailand and the Philippines, which were once heralded as icons for successful democracies, have disintegrated into political crisis. In the rest of South East Asia, there is a wide range of political systems, including emerging democracies, authoritarian regimes, Leninist states, and right-wing totalitarian regimes.

This panel will bring together two leading experts on South East Asia and democracy to discuss critical questions facing the region. What is the meaning of democracy in South East Asia? Does a Southeast Asian “model” of democracy exist? Does Islamist terrorism affect prospects for democracy in South East Asia? How do democratic and non-democratic regimes in the region differ in their international relations approaches and interactions with regional superpowers like China? In addition, what is the countries’ perspective on the American democracy? What do these developments mean for US foreign policy in Asia?

More information is available here.

Sponsored by the Asian American Pacific Students Alliance

Outreach Sponsor: Asia Society


When: 10/29/2010 4:30pm-6:30pm
Location:
The Puck Building, The Rudin Family Forum for Civic Dialogue, 2nd Fl.
295 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10012-9604  map

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