Transcription of Larry Diamond's Keynote Address at the "Learning Democracy" conference.

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2005-10-16

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The Democracy Project inaugural conference, “Learning Democracy,” was held on October 16-19, 2005. The keynote address was given by Larry Diamond, democracy scholar and author of the book, Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq. Invited participations to the conference included: Argentina: Gustavo Beliz - Former Minister of Justice, Security, and Human Rights and former Minister of Home Affairs; and Ernesto Seman - Co-founder of Argentina Observatory, which monitors political reform and reconstruction in Argentina; Political and Community Affairs Officer at the Consultate General of Argentina in New York Indonesia: Bahtiar Effendy - Author and public intellectual, especially on the issues of religion and state; Smita Notosusanto - Electoral reform activist; Executive Director of Centre for Electoral Reform and founder of National Commission on Violence Against Women; and Muhammad Ryaas Rasyid - Member of the National Parliament and former minister for administrative reform and regional autonomy Poland: Zbigniew Bujak: Former Minister of Ports; leading underground figure in Solidarity; Janina Ochojska – Founder and president of the Polish Humanitarian Organisation; Jerzy Osiatynski – Former minister of economy; critical figure in the structuring of Poland’s new economy South Africa: Mohammed Bhabha - Member of the negotiating team of the African National Congress during South Africa’s constitution-making process Turkey: Egemen Bagis – Foreign policy adviser to Turkish Prime Minister; member of Turkish Parliament; and Atilla Yayla – Political philosopher, professor, author; President, Association for Liberal Thinking

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