Featuring:

Hélène Landemore is Professor of Political Science at Yale University, where she teaches political theory. She is the author of Democratic Reason (Princeton University Press: 2013, Spitz prize 2015); and Open Democracy (Princeton University Press 2020).

Jan-Werner Mueller is Roger Williams Straus Professor of Social Sciences at Princeton University. His books include Democracy Rules (2021) and What is Populism? (2016), which has been translated into 25 languages. He regularly writes for The Guardian and the London Review of Books.

Martin Chungong made double history in 2014 by becoming the first African and first non-European to be elected as IPU Secretary General. He has more than three decades of experience and knowledge of parliaments at national and international levels. He has dedicated his professional life to promoting and building democracy worldwide.

With guest speaker U Aung Kyi Nyunt – Head of the Committee Representing the Hluttaw (Myanmar Parliament elected in November 2020)

Moderation by Ravi Agrawal, Editor in Chief of Foreign Policy. Before joining FP, Agrawal worked at CNN for more than a decade, including as the network’s New Delhi bureau chief and correspondent. He has shared a Peabody Award and three Emmy nominations for his work as a TV producer.