How Democracy Survives The Crises of the Nation State
The Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University
October 28-30 2020

How Democracy Survives: The Crises of the Nation-State
symposium organized by the Pardee Center at Boston University’s Pardee School of Global Studies titled ‘How Democracy Survives: The Crises of the Nation State’. The event featured leading scholars and activists exploring the latest challenges posed to democracy and their impact on the path to solving global challenges. Some of the highlights included a speech by one of CUNCR’s active supporters and organizer from Boston University, Richard Samuel Deese who emphasized the extreme dangers posed by climate change and massive migration to the basic tenets of democracy and the subsequent restricted ability of the UN to act. Ms. Joyce Najm Mendez, a Board Member from the CUNCR moderated a panel discussion titled How Democracy Survives featuring scholars from leading global universities including Richard Samuel Deese, Robert Kuttner, and Michael D. Bess. Moreover, Dr. S.M. Sharei, Executive Director at the CUNCR gave a talk outlining the role of Article 109 of the UN Charter in creating a more democratic and representative global governance system adept at tackling global challenges like climate change. From October 28-30, the Center for United Nations Constitutional Research participated in a virtual


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