International Education Office
Zinta Konrad
Coordinator

Berg Instructional Center (IC), Room 3116
(630) 942-3079
Fax: (630) 858-1603

For more information,
e-mail
konrad@cdnet.cod.edu

International Education

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Past Programs in this Series

2004
Jan.

2003
Jan./Feb.
April
May
June
October
November

2002
October
November

February 2004 Program

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Why Some Ex-Communists Make Good Democrats and Others Don’t?

A Lecture by Dwight Semler
Senior Analyst at MZ+A,
an international risk-consulting firm

Monday, Feb. 16, , 2004
7 to 9 p.m., Lecture and Discussion
McAninch Arts Center
Theater 2
College of DuPage
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL

In the euphoria of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, followed by the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, it was widely held that with the departure of the Communist Party, democracy and free markets would follow. It was, so the celebrants claimed, the only game in town. To be sure, in short order constitutions were written, elections were held and parliaments convened.

But now that more than a decade has passed since these historic events, an assessment is in order. What are the transitions in the former East bloc and the former Soviet Union? Which nations are genuine liberal democracies and what are their prospects for the future? More importantly, why have some succeeded while others have failed, and what are we to make of the apparent rise of authoritarian regimes in former communist lands? Nagging questions remain when looking at the still fragile democracies in East and Central Europe

This series of programs on the politics and economics of world affairs is jointly sponsored by the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations and College of DuPage. Tickets are free to C.O.D. students and staff and may be obtained at the MAC Box Office, (630) 942-4000, with proper identification. All others should call the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, (312) 726-3860, for tickets. The cost is $20 for CCFR members and $30 for non-members.

For more information about the program, please call the International Education Office, (630) 942-3079. For directions to the college , please go to "maps and directions" Parking is available in lots C, D, and P.