Power and Democracy

Session Submission Type: Full Paper Panel

Session Description

The past decade has exhibited considerable political turmoil in democracies across the world. Democratic institutions have been challenged with nativist and authoritarian incursions across the world. Indeed the configuration of political power has been in flux, even in nations with the longest standing democratic cultures. Being immersed in the historical moment, ascertaining a clear systemic picture of this democratic crisis proves difficult for scholars. Is democracy withering, transitioning or just being reimagined? We invite papers that speak to this issue of democratic crisis.

Sub Unit

• Partner Associations / IPSA RC on Political Power

Individual Presentations

• Democracies and Soft Power - Judit Trunkos, Robert Morris University

• Welcoming Foreigners: The Foundation to Soft Power Influence - Irene S. Wu, Georgetown University

• Grand Strategy, Policy and Reality in Public Diplomacy - Abdulsamet Günek, Muş Alparslan University

• China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: A Study of Chinese Soft Power and Power Dynamics - Ejaz Karim, Yunnan Minzu University, China

Chair

• Renee Marlin-Bennett Johns Hopkins University

Discussant

• J.P. Singh George Mason University