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Inter-University Center for Japanese Language StudiesAPARC Professor Donald K. Emmerson, together with IIS Director Coit D. Blacker and Hoover Institution Fellow Larry Diamond (both of CDDRL), discussed "Democracy vs. Liberty" on the television program "Uncommon Knowledge."
Donald K. Emmerson discusses democracy and liberty
Appeared in Uncommon Knowledge (Television), September 5, 2003
Is democracy?that is, free elections?to be desired at all times for all nations? Or are nations more successful when they establish the rule of law, property rights, and other constitutional liberties first? For the United States, this is no longer an academic question. America is deeply involved in nation-building in Afghanistan and Iraq. Should the establishment of democracy in these countries be the first priority for the United States, or is securing public order and the rule of law more important?
Donald K. Emmerson
Director, Southeast Asia Forum; Senior Fellow, FSI; Affiliated Scholar, Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, CDDRL Affiliated Faculty
Coit D. Blacker
Director & Senior Fellow at FSI; Olivier Nomellini Professor in International Studies, School of Humanities and Sciences; Olivier Nomellini Family University Fellow in Undergraduate Education
Larry Diamond
Director, CDDRL; Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute and the Hoover Institution and Professor of Political Science and Sociology, by courtesy
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http://www.uncommonknowledge.org/80...
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