Democratic Erosion and Women's Political Power: Perspectives From Europe

Saskia Brechenmacher of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace traced two decades of global democratic recession and argued that current autocratization is distinctively tied to anti-feminist and anti-LGBTQ politics, using Hungary under Orban and Poland under Law and Justice as case studies. A substantial Q&A followed on executive power, U.S. foreign policy, and how democracies are defended before erosion sets in. Spring 2025 Friday Forum x Conversation Cafe series, co-hosted by Diversity & Social Justice Education and the University YMCA.