AD Talks 2020: States and the Future of Democracy

December 1, 2020

As Asia rises, the world liberal order is slowly cracking. Democracy – a universal goal for humankind – has also been failing in delivering better welfare to the populations. Western values have influenced the world for the last three hundred years. However, steadily, the West is becoming less relevant, and its values seem to be criticised and inappropriate to catapult the West into a more prominent role. What to expect? Can the West recover lost ground? Will Western values be resilient? Moderator : Mohammed Loulichki, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South Speakers : - Bineta Diop, Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security, African Union Commission - Trisha Shetty, Founder & CEO, SheSays - Ignacio Walker, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chile - Thomas Richter, Director, Berlin & Brussels, Avisa Partners (Emerging Leader)

Speakers
Mohammed Loulichki
Senior Fellow
Mohammed Loulichki is a Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South and an Affiliate Professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University. He brings over 40 years of comprehensive experience in diplomacy, conflict resolution, and human rights. He has served in various roles including as a member and Deputy Head of the Moroccan delegation to the 3rd Conference on the Law of the Sea (1982-1990), Head of the Department of Legal Affairs and Treaties at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1988-1991), and General Director for Multilateral Affairs in the same ministry (2003-2006).   He also acted as Morocco's Ambassador to Hungary, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Croatia (1995-1999), and was the Moroccan Government's Ambassador Coordinator with MINURSO (1999-2001). Furthermore, he served ...
Bineta Diop
Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security, African Union Commission
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Thomas Richter
Director, Berlin & Brussels, Avisa Partners (Emerging Leader)
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