Democratic Ceilings and Nationalist Conflict in Asia

Описание: You’re invited to join Aram Hur, Associate Professor of Political Science and Kim Koo Chair in Korean Studies at Tufts University, for a Global Challenges to Democracy Seminar.

In December 2024, South Korea shocked the world with the declaration of martial law. How could a seemingly thriving democracy regress so suddenly? The crisis shows how democracies can “hit a ceiling” in key areas of the democratic process, even as the system matures. The talk traces how formative nationalist conflicts cast a long shadow on democratic quality by incentivizing nationalist polarization—a specific form of partisan polarization that subverts the very rules of the democratic game.