Bush Institute: Democracy Talks: COVID-19, Authoritarianism, and Democracy

The first in a series of discussions on freedom on democracy around the word features Laura Rosenberger, Mustafa Akyol, Michael Abramowitz, and Andrew Wilson. The four experts on democracy and authoritarianism discuss the impact the coronavirus is having on political freedom and democratic institutions around the world.

 
On April 7, the Bush Institute convened four experts on democracy and authoritarianism to discuss the impact the coronavirus is having on political freedom and democratic institutions around the world. The exchange took place electronically, and included Michael Abramowitz, president of Freedom House; Laura Rosenberger, director of the Alliance for Securing Democracy and a German Marshall Fund senior fellow; Mustafa Akyol, a Cato Institute senior fellow and a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times; and Andrew Wilson, executive director of the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE).

The conversation was led by the Bush Institute’s Lindsay Lloyd, Chris Walsh, and Bill McKenzie. This exchange is the first in a series of year-long exchanges the Bush Institute’s Human Freedom Initiative will publish on the challenges to democracy around the world. The series also will focus on ways to expand democracy and freedom, while showcasing how democracies are making a difference around the world.

For all of those reasons, we could think of no more urgent issue to launch this series with than the coronavirus and the cause of democracy.

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