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Share on Google+Crisis, Uncertainty, and Democracy: Black Swans, Fat Tails, and the Futures of Political Science
Keynote Address
Date and Time
September 26, 2011
By Invitation Only
Speaker
Donald K. Emmerson - Southeast Asia Forum
How certain is the future?
Southeast Asia Forum director Donald K. Emmerson addressed the intersection between crisis, uncertainty, and democracy in a keynote presentation at the 2011 annual conference of the Australian Political Studies Association.
Emmerson examined such global events as the large-scale financial crises of recent decades, the 9/11 attacks, and the Arab Spring. He argued that the current century is marked by increasing complexity and uncertainty, which interact to challenge global, regional, and national security in novel ways. It is urgent, he said, to adapt and craft political institutions that can respond quickly and aptly to these new demands.
Location
Canberra, Australia
Topics: Democracy | Democracy in Southeast Asia | Asia-Pacific
