Best China Journal Of Democracy Podcasts (2024)

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How Charm Shapes Politics - Julia Sonnevend on Personal Magnetism and Its Growing Impact in Our Age of Social Media 37:52

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In this conversation at the Review of Democracy, Julia Sonnevend – author of the new book Charm. How Magnetic Personalities Shape Global Politics – analyzes the main techniques politicians use to appear charming;compares the uses of such techniques by liberal and illiberal political leaders; discusses how gendered the perception of charm has remain…

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Development Futures: The world’s addiction to GDP 31:15

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Can we measure national success beyond economic growth? Professor Robert Costanza speaks with the Lowy Institute’s Alexandre Dayant about why countries need to move away from gross domestic product as the measure of economic prosperity and factor in other complementary gauges of success. In a time of high inflation, increased cost of living, and gr…

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Populism in Power - A Conversation with Giorgos Venizelos 25:48

3h ago25:48

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Çağlar Öztürk: My first question concerns populism. Populism has become a fashionable term in recent years which has led to quite some confusion even among political scientists and political science students. First of all, what qualifies a politician or party as populist? How do they differ from others, from non-populist ones? What was your motivat…

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Canberra Launch: 2024 Lowy Institute Poll - Australian attitudes to the world 1:02:22

14h ago1:02:22

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As the United States approaches a pivotal presidential election, how do Australians view our security ally? After two years of official re-engagement, have Australians’ perceptions of China changed? What should the government do about climate change, and how do Australians feel about renewable and nuclear energy? Now in its 20th edition, the Lowy I…

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South China Sea: Politics, alliances and regional dynamics 26:11

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In the final episode of our series on the South China Sea, host Susannah Patton and Lowy Institute colleague Richard McGregor debate the implications of the recent tensions at Second Thomas Shoal for Beijing’s strategy, the credibility of US alliances, and the considerations of other regional countries such as Australia. See omnystudio.com/listener…

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EVENT: Girt by Sea: Finding security in Australia’s maritime domains 1:07:06

7d ago1:07:06

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What do the maritime security challenges close to Australia mean for the country's future? We were joined in discussion with Rebecca Strating and Joanne Wallis on their new book Girt by Sea: Reimagining Australia's Security, which looks at six maritime domains central to the country's national interests and offers an alternative vision for how Aust…

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The vehicle of change is always politics - Sanjay Kumar on the 2024 Elections in India 26:37

8d ago26:37

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In this conversation at the Review of Democracy, eminent psephologist and political analyst Sanjay Kumar discusses the recently concluded elections inIndia. Kumar weighs in on some of the unique features of the Indian elections in 2024, the emerging patterns of change, and what the election verdicts mean for democracy and politics in the Global Sou…

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Conversations: What can the US do about the South China Sea? 22:08

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In part three of our South China Sea series, Dr Michael Mazarr speaks with the Lowy Institute’s Susannah Patton about the US’ strategy in the South China Sea. The United States has few easy options for countering China’s coercion of its ally the Philippines. Dr Mazarr of the RAND Corporation argues that the United States needs to plan for a scenari…

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Ukraine Will Not Slide into Authoritarianism - A Conversation with Pat Cox 39:26

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In this conversation, Pat Cox reflects on the new termof the European Parliament and the importance of the rise of the Right in the Union and its member states. He also discusses his work in Ukraine after 2012 – when he led a mission to free political prisoners imprisoned by President Viktor Yanukovych – as well as in more recent years when he has …

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EVENT: Gods, Guns and Sedition 1:03:02

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Weeks prior to the assassination attempt against Donald Trump, the Lowy Institute hosted global terrorism expert Professor Bruce Hoffman for a podcast with Program Director Lydia Khalil. They spoke about the future prospects of political violence in the United States and discussed Hoffman’s latest book, God, Guns, and Sedition, which traces the tra…

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《中国民主季刊》2024年第三季专论斯蒂芬 • 列文斯基、卢坎 • A • 韦：民主的惊人韧性（言晓义翻译；何杨朗读） 41:21

28d ago41:21

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有一种观点认为，民主在当今世界处于衰退之中。斯蒂芬·列文斯基（Steven Levitsky）和卢坎·A·韦（Lucan A. Way）教授则试图证明这一判断缺乏足够实据。他们认为民主在 21 世纪开始以来表现出了非凡的韧性，第三波民主化国家的这种韧性要归因于经济发展与城市化，以及新独裁政权或独裁领导人巩固独裁体制所面临的困难。此文 2023 年 10 月首先发表于美国《民主季刊》(Journal of Democracy, Volume 34, Number 4, October 2023, pp. 5-20，https://muse.jhu.edu/article/907684)。By China Journal of Democracy

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《中国民主季刊》2024年第三季访谈马岳、达纽：“自由独裁政体” 与香港民主运动的命运（何杨朗读） 23:47

28d ago23:47

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香港的政治体制是“有自由无民主”吗？中国政府是否希望香港一直维持“自由独裁政体”？“一国两制”有可能不被北京政权摧毁吗？香港的政治特征如何影响了它的民主运动？香港民主运动经历了哪些阶段，其现状和前景如何？经济和阶级因素如何影响了中港关系？ 2020 年《国安法》之后香港局势的变化，如何影响了对香港的研究、理解和倡导工作？就这些问题，《中国民主季刊》委托正在美国一所大学就读的香港博士候选人达纽(笔名)，对香港中文大学政治与行政学系教授马岳进行了以下访谈。马岳教授的研究领域为香港选举、政府、政党及议会发展、民主化、政治经济学及东欧转型政治。By China Journal of Democracy

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《中国民主季刊》2024年第三季访谈戴大为、张语轩｜香港的未来：希望破灭了吗？（何杨朗读） 36:39

28d ago36:39

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香港自由与人权状况的急剧恶化，引起了国际社会的广泛关注。北京强加的《国安法》实施后，许多香港人被迫流亡海外。从法律角度看，香港的自由是如何被摧毁的？面对急剧恶化的局面，国际社会应如何应对？流亡者面临着哪些困境，他们的未来该如何保障？受《中国民主季刊》委托，加拿大皇后大学法学院助理教授张语轩（Alvin Y.H. Cheung），就这些问题对香港法律与人权问题专家、伍德罗 • 威尔逊国际学者中心全球学者戴大为教授（Michael Davis）做了以下访谈。By China Journal of Democracy

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《中国民主季刊》2024年第三季笔谈吴介民陈健民巫堃泰何祺锋等：民主的缺位与香港自由的死亡（何杨朗读） 33:42

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东方明珠”香港，曾享有令人艳羡的法治与自由。然而自 1997 年回归中国主权之后，其自由一直受到北京政权的威胁。特别是习近平上台、中国重回新强人统治之后，香港自由状况的恶化显著加速。而到 2019 年反送中运动发生以来，随着北京将国安法强加给香港，形势更是急转直下。法律成为系统性剥夺自由、迫害不同意见者的工具。大批民主人士或深陷囹圄、或流亡海外。最近，立法会又迅速完成了曾受到港人成功抵制的“23 条立法”。在回归中国主权 20 余年之后，自由的香港沦陷了。这个令人痛心的事实，呈现在世界面前。关于香港，一度有一个共同的事实判断，就是她有自由、缺民主。香港人为了民主进行了满怀激情的抗争，但是不仅没有得到期盼的民主，自由最后也丧失了。如何看待这个过程中的事件与因素？为什么在一个有深厚法治传统…

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Conversations: Biden out, Kamala in – will it change anything? 24:40

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In this special episode of Conversations, the Lowy Institute’s Dr Michael Fullilove and Hervé Lemahieu discuss US President Joe Biden’s momentous decision overnight to withdraw from his bid for a second term. In the past three weeks, US politics has been reshaped before our eyes. A resurgent former president Donald Trump, emerging from an attempt o…

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Conversations: Beijing’s South China Sea gambit 27:40

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In part two of our South China Sea series, Dr Oriana Skylar Mastro speaks with the Lowy Institute’s Susannah Patton about China’s objectives in the region. Beijing is pursuing an aggressive strategy to push out the United States and prevent Southeast Asian claimant states, especially the Philippines, from exercising their sovereign rights. Dr Mastr…

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Pacific Change Makers: Addressing climate change in Papua New Guinea 20:19

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In this episode, Debra Sungi of PNG’s Climate Change and Development Authority speaks with the Lowy Institute’s Oliver Nobetau. Discussions around development in the Pacific consistently reference climate change as a major challenge. Countries such as PNG have to manage the support offered by international development partners without being overwhe…

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Conversations: Sweden’s Defence Minister, Pål Jonson 24:43

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The Lowy Institute’s Sam Roggeveen spoke with Sweden’s defence minister, Pål Jonson, during his recent visit to Australia. Prior to his ministerial career, Jonson worked in Sweden’s Defence Research Agency, and his depth of knowledge about not just European security but also Asia comes through in this interview. Roggeveen asks Jonson why Swedes sho…

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Why Do We See the Rise of Anti-Democrats in Democracies? - Zack Beauchamp on the Reactionary Spirit Across the Globe 34:15

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In this conversation at the Review of Democracy, Zack Beauchamp – author of the new book The Reactionary Spirit. How America’s Most Insidious Political Tradition Swept the World – discusses the specific kind ofantidemocratic politics that emerges in countries with democratic institutions; shows how the United States might to said to have invented c…

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Conversations: Manila charts its course 21:22

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Tensions between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea have reached their highest level in more than a decade. The risk of escalation, even conflict, between the two countries could test the credibility of the Philippines’ alliance with the United States. In the first of a series focused on the South China Sea tensions, Susannah Patton, …

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Why Was Central-South-East Europe Labeled as "Corrupt"? - Silvia Marton on Transnational Histories of ‘Corruption’ 39:44

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In this podcast, SilviaMárton, principal investigator within the ERC Project “Transnational Histories of ‘Corruption’ in Central-South-East Europe,” discusses the multiple understandings of the concept “corruption” in the context of Central-South-EastEurope; the relevance of this debate in understanding the process of modernization between 1750 and…

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Stabilisation vs Confrontation: The US, China and Australia 23:25

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Since the Albanese government was elected, Australia has focused on stabilising relations with China. But there are limits to Australia’s ability to successfully pursue stabilisation if there remains a spectre of confrontation between its largest trading partner and its key security guarantor, the United States. Do either the US or China genuinely …

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The intellectual sources of the EU Rule of Law crisis: In Conversation with Maciej Krogel 13:41

1M ago13:41

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This latest RevDem Rule of Law podcast discusses the doctoral research of Dr. Maciej Krogel following the defence of his thesis “The intellectual sources ofthe European Union’s response to the rule of law crisis in the Member States”.Maciej is a lecturer at the University of Amsterdam and he completed a re:constitution fellowship in 2022/23. Oliver…

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《中国民主季刊》2024年第二季简记 Eleanor Zhang：全球民主人权事件（Jeanette朗读） 14:23

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1、香港立法会全票通过《基本法》第 23 条立法； 2、苏比安托当选印尼总统； 3、美国联邦最高法院否决科罗拉多州法院关于特朗普初选资格的裁定； 4、俄罗斯政治反对派领导人纳瓦尔尼狱中死亡； 5、扎尔达里赢得巴基斯坦二月大选，进入第二任期； 6、萨尔瓦多总统获第二期连任引国际关注； 7、国际法院临时裁决南非诉以色列种族灭绝案； 8、自由之家：中国等专制政权在海外镇压新闻记者； 9、波兰中间派领袖图斯克当选总理。By China Journal of Democracy

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《中国民主季刊》2024年第二季读书维杰·克拉尼：西藏人民抵抗毛时代中国的故事（罗乐朗读） 24:01

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阅读原文：嘉央 • 诺布（Jamyang Norbu）《被遗忘的山岭回声：战争与和平中的西藏》一书，巧妙地呈现了一个基于深入研究的历史记录：在毛泽东时代，人数稀少、装备简陋、经验不足的西藏人民，是如何英勇地与强大且无情的殖民者 --解放军和中国共产党武装抗争的。By China Journal of Democracy

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《中国民主季刊》2024年第二季专论蒂莫西·梅斯伯格：选举制度之争：正确理解多数制（罗乐朗读） 30:18

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阅读原文：https://chinademocrats.org/?p=3403 蒂莫西·梅斯伯格 (Timothy M. Meisburger) 在此文中认为，对于发展中或新生民主国家而言，比例代表制可能并不是最合适的选举制度，多数或简单多数制可能更有利于保障代表性和民主化。此文原载美国《民主季刊》2012 年第 1 期 (Journal of Democracy, Volume 23, Number 1, January 2012, pp.155-163), 当时正值阿拉伯之春导致突尼斯、埃及在转型期选择选举制度之际。本文由徐行健翻译、王天成审校。By China Journal of Democracy

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EVENT: Launch of Deterring at a distance - The strategic logic of AUKUS by Luke Gosling OAM MP 1:14:17

2M ago1:14:17

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On Tuesday 25 June 2024 we held an event at the National Press Club for the launch of a new Lowy Institute Analysis paper that makes the strategic case for AUKUS, written by one of the government’s most knowledgeable and experienced defence thinkers. Luke Gosling argued that nuclear-powered submarines will be central to Australia’s ability to defea…

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Pacific Change Makers: Digital frontiers - Safeguarding PNG’s youth in the cyber age 13:18

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Papua New Guinea is a nation undergoing rapid digital transformation. With increased connectivity, PNG faces the dual challenge of leveraging digital growth for development while protecting its young netizens. Initiatives such as ChildFund’s 1-Tok Helpline, which has received more than 70,000 calls since its establishment in 2015, provide a window …

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Gergő Medve-Bálint on the First Two Decades of Hungary’s EU Membership 46:41

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In this conversation, Gergő Medve-Bálint – co-editor,with András Bíró-Nagy of the new volume Húsz év az Európai Unióban. Magyarország uniós tagságának közpolitikai mérlege (Twenty Years in theEuropean Union. A Balance Sheet of Hungary’s Membership and Public Policies) – discusses the achievements and shortcomings of Hungary’s EUmembership; what con…

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Michael S. Roth on Being a Student and Student Activism Today - Finding the Pragmatist Middle Ground- 29:22

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In this conversation at the Review of Democracy, Michael S. Roth sketches the main ways of being a student since ancient times; reflects on the process of learning “to be free”; explores the reasons behindthe politicization of universities in the United States; considers what might be new about the adversarial relationship between students and univ…

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EVENT: The inaugural Allan Gyngell Lecture 1:28:29

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On Friday 14 June 2024 we had our inaugural lecture in honour of Allan Gyngell, the first Executive Director of the Lowy Institute and one of Australia’s most respected foreign policy thinkers. Allan’s friend and contemporary, Ric Smith, delivered the Lecture on the subject of statecraft — a notion dear to Allan, and one that reaches beyond routine…

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Development Futures: Angus Deaton on what economists got wrong 43:10

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Angus Deaton, the 2015 Nobel Prize-winning economist, has dedicated four decades to studying poverty, inequality, health, wellbeing, and economic development. Recently, he strongly criticised his own profession, arguing that economists have overlooked the power dynamics inherent in capitalism. In this wide-ranging episode of Development Futures, Al…

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Bret Stephens on Trump's election chances, AUKUS, and changing his mind on climate change 37:13

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In this episode of The Director's Chair, the Lowy Institute's Executive Director Michael Fullilove is joined by The New York Times columnist Bret Stephens. They discuss the forthcoming US election and why he thinks Donald Trump is likely to return to the White House. They also talk about the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, AUKUS, cancel c…

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What Stops China From Ruling the World? 1:01:22

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In this conversation with the Review of Democracy, Ho-fung Hung shares his eye-opening analysis of the internal contradictions and external limitationsplaguing China’s export-led development model and offers novel insights into the difficulties its political leadership is encountering in challenging US hegemony and extending its global sphere of in…

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Joshua Leifer on the Autumn of American Jewish Life, the Most Serious Test of the Jewish Left, and Much More 53:36

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In this conversation at the Review of Democracy, Joshua Leifer – author of the new book Tablets Shattered. The End of an American Jewish Century and the Futureof Jewish Life – analyzes the unravelling of the postwar American Jewish consensus and the reemergence ofoppositional Jewish politics; discusses what he sees as the four main political-religi…

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Incremental Rule of Law Restoration? Polish Minister of Justice Adam Bodnar in Budapest 35:51

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What are the most important legal and political challenges in rebuilding the Rule of Law in Poland? Polish Minister of Justice Adam Bodnar highlighted them in his lecture at the CEU Democracy Institute in Budapest. On May 27 the CEU Democracy Institute Rule of Law clinic was launched with an inaugural lecture from the Minister for Justice of Poland…

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Racism Against East Europeans 36:38

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In this conversation, Jannis Panagiotidis and Hans-Christian Petersen – authors of the new book Antiosteuropäischer Rassismus in Deutschland. Geschichte und Gegenwart(Racism Against East Europeans in Germany. History and the Present Day) – show why racism is an appropriate category when discussing stereotypes and prejudicesagainst East Europeans; e…

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《中国民主季刊》2024年第二季访谈盖思德/余浩风：自由国家如何在中国促进民主？（朗读罗乐） 55:29

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在当前全球格局中，民主自由国家如何在中国推行民主？这是一个重大且复杂的议题。《中国民主季刊》编辑余浩风有幸采访到前英国外交官和观察家盖思德（Roger Garside）先生，请他分享对中国未来发展方向、自由民主国家如何为促进中国民主化发挥作用的见解。盖思德先生是《中国政变：自由的大跃进》（China Coup：The Great Leap to Freedom ）一书的作者。他对中国有长达 65 年的观察和研究，在毛泽东时代的“大跃进”和“文化大革命”期间就开始关注中国，见证了中国从封闭走向“改革开放”的历史进程。By China Journal of Democracy

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《中国民主季刊》2024年第二季访谈孔杰荣/滕彪：党国体制下的法律运作与民间抗争（朗读何杨） 34:00

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哪些因素塑造和影响了今天中国的法律制度？极权制度之下法律如何运作？“双重国家”（dual state）理论是否可以解释中国的政法结构？维权律师和人权捍卫者能够推动党国体制下的法治发展吗？中国正在走向法西斯主义吗？“法治是民主化的先决条件”能够成立吗？就这些问题，《中国民主季刊》副主编、纽约城市大学亨特学院客座教授滕彪博士对孔杰荣（Jerome A Cohen）教授进行了专访。孔杰荣是纽约大学荣休教授，是西方研究中华人民共和国法律的开创者。By China Journal of Democracy

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《中国民主季刊》2024年第二季专论王维洛：中国城市土地国有化的历史考察（朗读晓泉） 50:59

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在世界各大国中，中国家庭住房拥有率最高， 99.5% 的农户拥有自己的住房，城镇住房拥有率也达到了 96%。但是中国的房产所有权却是全世界最不稳定的。实现土地国有化是中共的初心，直到 1982 年宪法得以实现。城市土地一夜之间归国家所有，为中共政权的续命提供了巨大的财政保证。By China Journal of Democracy

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《中国民主季刊》2024年第二季专论何包钢｜超越革命与改良对立的神话：对暴力革命观的批评（朗读晓泉） 42:01

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在实行政治民主化的道路上有两种截然不同的政治主张。暴力革命观认为，不进行暴力革命就不能推翻专制政权。改良主义者认为，暴力革命的结果只是以暴易暴，不能摆脱专制——革命——新专制的恶性循环。如果我们把这两种观点综合起来看，就会陷入到民主道路中的一种怪圈之中：一方面，非暴力不能去除专制；另一方面，暴力革命的结果可能只带来新专制。如果上述怪圈能成立的话，中国未来的前途就是“恶的无限”了。本文作者对上述怪圈提出质疑，认为它未必是历史现实中的悖论，也可能是我们思维世界所构造的矛盾，在革命与改良之间存在某种中间地带。有的读者可能会不同意文中的某些看法。《中国民主季刊》作为公共平台，致力于促进不同观点的相互了解、沟通，欢迎持不同看法的学人赐稿、争论。…

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Democracy, Populism, and the Myth of Rational Politics 33:49

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In this conversation with Lorena Drakula, Yannis Stavrakakis – author of the new Research Handbook on Populism and the book Populist Discourse. Recasting Populism Research – discusses the past and future of populism research; analyzes the outdated stereotypes that shape the political role of the ‘populist’ label; andargues for returning passions to…

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Why Have Colour Revolutions Become Much Less Likely? 27:22

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In this conversation at the Review of Democracy, Mike Smeltzer – Senior Research Analyst at Freedom House who has just co-led the research on the Nations in Transit 2024 report – clarifies how the research they conduct into the broad and diverse post-communist region conceives of democracy; explains how the newest developments in these twenty-nine …

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Securitization of EU refugee law: In conversation with Aleksandra Ancite- Jepifánova 41:22

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Since the 2015 refugee crisis there has been an increasing ‘securitization’ of EU refugee law that has only been exacerbated by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. In this latest RevDem Rule of Law podcast Oliver Garner discusses this phenomenon with Aleksandra Ancite- Jepifánova. She is a Research Affiliate with the Refugee Law Initiative at the Universi…

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Social Justice in Twentieth-Century Europe 47:37

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In this conversation at the Review of Democracy, Martin Conway and Camilo Erlichman – editors of the new volume Social Justice in Twentieth-Century Europe –discuss how to approach the question of social justice historically; show how this aspiration may be placed at the confluence of key developments in the twentieth century; explain how focusing o…

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The State of Democracy and Constitutionalism in India: with Tarunabh Khaitan 44:13

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In this interview with Tarunabh Khaitan, we discuss the ongoing crisis of democracy and constitutionalism in India. At the time of conducting the interview, elections are underway in India, with approximately a month left for results to be declared.In this context, we discuss the differences between the first and the second term of the Modi governm…

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EVENT: Coming to terms with Myanmar’s fragmented state 1:07:24

3M ago1:07:24

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Myanmar’s civil war has entered a crucial phase. While the junta remains firmly ensconced in the centre, a series of stunning victories by its opponents has severely diminished the reach of the military regime into the borderlands. A constellation of anti-junta forces has started delivering public services in “liberated areas” where they are in eff…

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Kurt Campbell on China, Russia, AUKUS, and US foreign policy in Asia 30:56

3M ago30:56

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In the new episode of The Director’s Chair, the Lowy Institute’s Executive Director Michael Fullilove is joined by US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell. They discuss Kurt Campbell’s new role in the State Department, American policy towards China, the relationship between Moscow and Beijing, Xi Jinping’s recent visit to France, Dr Campbell’s a…

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Development Futures: Bert Hofman on China’s economy 35:00

3M ago35:00

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China is facing many economic problems, at home and abroad. The two are connected. Weak demand at home has contributed to a sharp rise in Chinese manufacturing exports, especially in green technologies such as electric vehicles. Surging Chinese exports have in turn prompted a backlash from the United States, Europe, and others who accuse China of e…

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Judith Butler on the Anti-Gender Ideology Movement, Current Theories of Gender, and Their Ideas of Radical Democracy 36:28

3M ago36:28

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In this conversation at the Review of Democracy,Judith Butler – author of the new book Who’s Afraid of Gender – discuss their interpretation of the anti-gender ideology movement and what makes it ‘inadvertentlyconfessional’; explain why we should think about the material and the social as intertwined also when we reflect on issues of gender; show w…

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