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Civic Research Network Meets in Taiwan

Thu. November 14th, 2019
Taiwan

In November 2020, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD) co-organized a workshop of the Civic Research Network in Taipei. The workshop, titled “Responding to New Pressures: Survival and Renewal of Civic Activism in Asia,” convened the global network’s members together with researchers and activists from Hong Kong, Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Discussions took stock of the current context for civic activism in diverse parts of Asia, and examined how activists are responding, considering the role of international actors dedicated to supporting civil society development.

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event speakers

Thomas Carothers

Harvey V. Fineberg Chair for Democracy Studies; Director, Democracy, Conflict and Governance Program

Thomas Carothers, director of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, is a leading expert on comparative democratization and international support for democracy.

Richard Youngs

Senior Fellow, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program

Youngs is a senior fellow in the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, based at Carnegie Europe. He works on EU foreign policy and on issues of international democracy.