Institutions of Democracy - 1985 - Carnegie Endowment
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program is a leading source of independent policy research, writing, and outreach on global democracy, conflict, and governance. It analyzes and seeks to improve international efforts to reduce democratic backsliding, mitigate conflict and violence, overcome political polarization, promote gender equality, and advance pro-democratic uses of new technologies.
In this recording, Thomas Carothers recalls his contributions to the democracy assistance field, beginning with his first introduction to the realm of democracy assistance work while at the State Department, to the founding of the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program at the Carnegie Endowment, to how his work at the Endowment has transformed over the years, and finally addressing recent challenges facing the field of democracy assistance.
Thomas Carothers is director of the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Carothers is a leading authority on comparative democratization and international support for democracy, human rights, governance, the rule of law, and civil society. He has worked on democracy assistance projects for many organizations and carried out extensive field research on aid efforts around the world.
He is the author or editor of ten critically acclaimed books and many articles in prominent journals and newspapers, including most recently, Democracies Divided: The Global Challenge of Political Polarization (Brookings Press, 2019, co-edited with Andrew O'Donohue). He has been a visiting faculty member at the Central European University, Nuffield College, Oxford University, and Johns Hopkins SAIS.
Prior to joining the Endowment, Carothers practiced international and financial law at Arnold & Porter and served as an attorney adviser in the office of the legal adviser of the U.S. Department of State.
Media
