INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS IN POLITICAL STUDIES (Est. 1993)

Confronting the Authoritarian Challenge - Volume especial 2022

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Abstract

"ln democracy, as in everything in life, nothing is definitively conquered. That is why your meeting today is, allow me to say, perhaps one of the most important of the last 30 years. l'm sure you know. Thank you for having it, as always, in Portugal. The ocean and its horizons will certainly inspire the threshold of your ambition."
H. E. MARCELO REBELO DE SOUSA
President of the Portuguese Republic

'The lnstitute for Political Studies of the UCP continue s to be a reservoir for a world-class education and informed debate in the increasingly tense environment of political activity. The lnstitute is an honest broker of democratic thought in Portugal, levering the debate and educating citizens capable of thinking strategically and responsibly
about the future."
ISABEL CAPELOA GIL
Rector, Universidade Católica Portuguesa

"For 80 years, Estoril welcomed kings without crowns, aristocrats without titles and anonymous citizens from all over Europe. They were all equal in suffering at the hands of inhuman ideologies, criminal revolutions, and relentless fanaticism.
The beacon of humanity and pluralism that never went out in this land is now, in 2022, a light of shelter for those escaping from the war in Ukraine."
CARLOS CARREIRAS
Mayor of Cascais

'We have always made clear our attachment to the classical understanding of the ldea of a University as a place of learning - as Michael Oakeshott, another of our great mentors, used to say. This means the understanding of a University as a place for the pursuit of Truth, the Good and the Beautiful - and not as a place of propaganda."
JOÃO CARLOS ESPADA
Director and Founder of IEP-UCP

"Some of our Portuguese colleagues from other Universities, are sometime s surprised by the success of this unplanned evolution of what has become a great institution of friends of liberty. However, whenever they join us at the Estoril Political Forum, they too, are touched by the atmosphere of orderly liberty which we celebrate in these meetings."
RITA SEABRA BRITO
Director Estoril Political Forum [Since 2008]

Table of Contents

Foreword: Ideas Matter
Joao Carlos Espada

Opening Address
Rita Seabra Brito

I – Introduction
Message from the President of the Portuguese Republic
H. E. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa

Opening Address
Isabel Capeloa Gil

Opening Address
Carlos Carreiras

II – Confronting the Authoritarian Challenge
Confronting the Authoritarian Challenge
Marc F. Plattner

III – The Dahrendorf Memorial Lecture: “Ukraine’s Resistance and the Future of Democracy”
Ukraine’s Resistance and the Future of Democracy
Carl Gershman

Ukraine’s Resistance and the Future of Democracy: Lessons Learned
Ghia Nodia

Ukraine’s Resistance and the Future of Democracy
Wilhelm Hofmeister

IV – Winston Churchill Memorial Dinner: “Churchill and Russia”
Churchill and Russia
Allen Packwood

V – Russia, Ukraine, and the West
The Future of Europe is at Stake in Ukraine. Why and How to Contain Russia’s “Strategic Assertiveness”. From “Strategic Containment” to “Strategic Stability”
Luis de Almeida Sampaio

Russia, Ukraine, and the West
Dora Győrffy

The Evolution of the Political Role of the Russian Orthodox Church (1991-2021)
Olena Kolodiy

VI – Charles de Gaulle Memorial Luncheon: “In Defence of an Ethics of Deference in Unhappy Times”
In Defence of an Ethics of Deference in Unhappy Times
Catherine Marshall

VII – Democracy and Governance in a Context of Global Recession of Democracy
Reflections on Democracy and Governance Studies at Georgetown University
Daniel Brumberg

Educating Thought Leaders in Democracy Studies in the Context of Democratic Erosion
Elton Skendaj

VIII – Edmund Burke: “Edmund Burke on Confronting Authoritarianism – The Spirit and the Letter”
Scraping the Barrel? Burke, Rousseau, and the Roots of Authoritarianism
Ian Crowe

Burke, Rights of Man and the Magna Carta
Ivone Moreira

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