The Journal of Democracy is pleased to invite you to celebrate its

twentieth-anniversary issue with a panel discussion followed by a reception.

DEMOCRACY’S PAST AND FUTURE

featuring

Francis Fukuyama, Ivan Krastev, Larry Diamond, and Marc F. Plattner

moderated by

Moisés Naím

The twenty years since the Journal of Democracy was launched in January 1990 have witnessed extraordinary democratic advances—and some setbacks as well. The new January 2010 issue reflects back on this remarkable period but also looks at the challenges confronting democracy in the years ahead. The Journal's coeditors and two other contributors to the issue will discuss various aspects of “Democracy's Past and Future,” including transitions to the rule of law, postcommunism and its discontents,  the absence of democracy in the Arab world, and the resilience of democracy.

January 21, 2010

4:00 p.m.

Reception to follow at 6:00 p.m.

National Endowment for Democracy

1025 F Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C.

RSVP (acceptances only) with name and affiliation by Tuesday, January 19

by email to forum@ned.org or by phone to  (202) 378-9675  (202) 378-9675

Larry Diamond is coeditor of the Journal of Democracy, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, and director of Stanford University’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law.

Francis Fukuyama is Bernard Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He is currently working on a book on political development.

Ivan Krastev is chairman and program director of the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia, Bulgaria. His most recent book, coedited with Alan McPherson, is The Anti-American Century (2007).

Moisés Naím (moderator) is editor and publisher of Foreign Policy and a member of the Board of Directors of the National Endowment for Democracy.

Marc F. Plattner is coeditor of the Journal of Democracy, director of the International Forum for Democratic Studies, and vice-president at the National Endowment for Democracy.