About the project
Where is democracy heading? Is our freedom in danger? Inspired by the global COVID-19 lockdown, the #Forum2000online Chats offer interviews with politicians, experts, human rights defenders, journalists and diplomats – relevant and interesting people from the Forum 2000 network - discussing the most significant current developments and looking at how they impact the future of democracy and freedom. Governments tend to accumulate power in times of crisis - and we need to make sure they renounce it, once normalcy returns!
You can listen to our #Forum2000online Chats on Spotify and Apple podcasts:
All interviews are also available on our YouTube channel:
Interviews
Cuban armed forces wear civilian clothes
Tania Bruguera
Democracy in Central Europe: Under pressure?
Martin Ehl & Vesna Pusić & Adam Bodnar
Data colonialism: Where China and the West diverge
Didi Kirsten Tatlow & Ulises Mejias & Xiao Qiang
The changing media landscape in Ecuador
Ana Karina López
Elections change nothing in Russia
Konstantin von Eggert
On China's global tech dominance
Didi Kirsten Tatlow
Youth engagement is vital for democracy
Jelena Milutinović
Is independence the remedy for Scotland´s grievances?
Helena Kennedy
On the critical importance of the right to peace
Gulnara Shahinian
Neoliberal systems face the crisis of democracy
Chantal Mouffe
What do recent protests reveal about the Russian civil society?
Leonid Drabkin
Digital authoritarianism in China undermines democratic values
Xiao Qiang
Russian disinformation campaigns distort everyday life in Ukraine
Vitaliy Moroz
Brazil, climate change & pandemics
Eduardo Viola
Uniting against authoritarian regimes is vital
Nicolas Tenzer
Civil society is divided after the Beirut explosion
Shirine Jurdi
Congolese presidential elections amid pandemic
Andréa Ngombet
The importance of bottom-up demand for sustainable India
Dr Arunabha Ghosh
Can state regulations free our expression?
Eduardo Bertoni
The world needs to speak out against forced labour in China
Nury A. Turkel
Covid-19 in Zimbabwe
Nyaradzo Mashayamombe
Democracy roots in Togo
Farida Nabourema
Torture cases in Russia are not invisible anymore
Olga Sadovskaya
Art as a mirror to injustice
Loretta Lau
Change of American administration: return to normalcy?
Charles A. Kupchan
Approval of abortion bill in Argentina
Tamara Taraciuk Broner
There is no government in Nicaragua.
Cristiana Chamorro
Human tragedy inside Maduro’s Venezuela.
María Corina Machado
The future of US-Taiwan relations.
William Galston & Ketty W. Chen
The recession in Belarus might break the Lukashenko’s regime.
Aleś Alachnovič
The great lesson for the opposition in Latin America.
Patricio Navia
I have not spoken to my family in 4 years.
Rahima Mahmut
The world is shifting.
Benedetta Berti
Business, world trade & corruption amid pandemic.
Andrew Wilson
Authoritarians mastered the elections.
Vesna Pusić
Pro-Maduro regime steps up the propaganda on Twitter.
Maria Virginia Marín
From protests to regime change.
Anna Lührmann
Far-right will take advantage of border closures amid pandemic.
Cas Mudde
There are 91 political prisoners in Nicaragua.
Amaya Coppens
