Promoting Democracy: A Panel Discussion

Abstract

One of the events of the June 19, 1987 conference "Towards a More Democratic World" was a panel discussion that explored future trends toward democracy. The moderator was Stephen Carter, and the panel featured Charles Fairbanks, Joshua Muravchik, Simon Serjaty, and Christopher Hitchens. The panel operated under the premise that it was November 1988. A new president of the United States had been elected but had not yet taken office. The panel was part of a transition team appointed to assess the foreign policy achievements of prior administrations, and to explore policy goals for the forthcoming administration.