Dealing with Burma (Myanmar) Lecture
Date: October 18th
Time: 12:00 - 1:30 pm
Location: Northern California
Stanford University: Philippines Conference Room
Cost: This program is free and open to the public. Reservations are not required.
Phone: 650-723-8387

Please join two leading specialists, Maureen Aung-Thwin, Director, Burma Project / Southeast Asia Initiative, Open Society Institute, New York and Zarni, Visiting Research Fellow (2006-2009), University of Oxford, and Founder, Free Burma Coalition in a discussion regarding the future of Burmese politics.

Is South Asian Democracy Under Threat?
Date: October 18th
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 pm
Location: New York
Asia Society and Museum, 725 Park Avenue, New York
Cost: $10 members and students; $15 nonmembers
Phone: 212-517-ASIA

Speakers:
- Ashok Gurung, Senior Director, India-China Institute, New School University
- Khalid Hasan, Washington Correspondent, Daily Times, Pakistan
- Rounaq Jahan, Senior Research Scholar, SIPA, Columbia University

Taking a current snapshot of South Asia’s democratic institutionalization leaves a questionable picture, at best. With the exception of India, the region has failed to exhibit a strong track-record of democratic governance. Many would argue that South Asia’s democratic experiment has not yielded the desired outcomes and in fact, it is under serious threat, as evidenced by the recent turn of events in the region. The future of democracy remains uncertain in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal and there is no guarantee that forthcoming elections in these countries will take place as scheduled. As the region braces itself for another series of critical elections, the Asia Society takes a closer look at the state of democracy in the region, explores the challenges of democracy-building, as well as examines what democratic aspirations mean to one-fifth of humanity and how to realize them, among other pertinent issues.

Policy programs at the Asia Society are generously supported by the Nicholas Platt Endowment for Public Policy.

^^ Mia, if you ever come across lectures or discussions regarding Taiwan, please post or PM me. Thanks

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Of course I will. There is a Taiwan Film fest in Utah and Cali.. What I would like to do is contact the media reps from that and see if there is anything on the east coast?