COVID-19 and Democracy: Can Parliaments Come to the Rescue?
Channel: Arizona State University Research
Date: 16/09/2020

Can parliaments learn from the past six months to become stronger and more effective institutions that impose checks and balances on executive powers to better serve the people? Join a panel of international leaders in a robust discussion, hosted by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the ASU Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory on the International Day of Democracy.

Panelists:
• Gabriela Cuevas Barron, President, Inter-Parliamentary Union
• Xiye Bastida, Activist and Co-Founder, Re-Earth Initiative
• Craig Calhoun, University Professor, Arizona State University
• Andreas Norlén, Speaker of the Riksdag (Swedish Parliament)
• Ghassan Salamé, Founding Dean, Paris School for International Affairs

Moderated by Ravi Agrawal, managing editor of Foreign Policy with a special presentation by Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Originally recorded on Tuesday, September 15, 2020.