About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of democratic backsliding on international institutions with guest Kyle Lascurettes.

Today's episode was recorded live at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, for the annual Lewis & Clark International Affairs Symposium. The theme of this year's symposium was Crumbling Pillars: The Age of Authoritarianism. For this live episode, I speak with Lewis & Clark professor Kyle Lascurettes about how democratic backsliding and authoritarian resilience are impacting the United Nations and other international institutions. Kyle Lascurettes and I speak for about 25 minutes before a really interesting question-and-answer session with students. A huge thank you to the students for both their great questions and for organizing the whole thing. This was the 64th annual Lewis & Clark International Affairs Symposium, which is entirely student-run. I had a great time meeting many of the students and spending the day on this gorgeous campus.

People in this episode

Host: Global Dispatches

Guest: Kyle Lascurettes

Topics covered

• democratic backsliding
• authoritarianism
• international institutions
• United Nations
• student engagement

Keywords

• democratic backsliding
• authoritarianism
• international institutions
• United Nations
• Lewis & Clark College

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lewis & Clark College

Places: Portland, Oregon

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