March 24

Economic Collapse and Political Repression in Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe

Economic Collapse and Political Repression in Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe

Featuring: Walter H. Kansteiner, Principal, Scowcroft Group Former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; Carol Thompson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State; and Richard Tren, Director, Africa Fighting Malaria. Moderated by Marian Tupy, Cato Institute.

March 19

Why the Supreme Court Matters in a Presidential Election Year

Featuring the author Patrick Garry, University of South Dakota Law School; with comments by Roger Pilon, Cato Institute, and Abe Krash, Georgetown University Law Center and Arnold & Porter LLP; moderated by Ilya Shapiro, Cato Institute.

March 18

Hayekian Insights on Economic Development

Hayekian Insights on Economic Development

Featuring William Easterly, Professor of Economics, New York University, with comments by Arvind Subramanian, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics. Moderator Ian Vásquez, Cato Institute.

March 12

The Venezuelan Student Movement for Liberty

The Venezuelan Student Movement for Liberty

Featuring: Yon Goicoechea, Former General Secretary, Venezuelan Student Parliament; Gustavo Tovar, Author, Estudiantes por la libertad (Students for Liberty) (Caracas: El Nacional, 2007); and Gerver Torres, Senior Scientist, Gallup. Moderated by Ian Vásquez, Cato Institute.

March 11

Throes of Democracy: The American Civil War Era, 1829-1877

Featuring the author Walter A. McDougall, Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania; with comments by Herman Belz, Professor of History, University of Maryland; and Anne Sarah Rubin, Associate Professor of History, University of Maryland Baltimore County.