Today’s first afternoon panel of the Center for the Study of American Democracy’s bi-annual conference hinged on whether or not democracy promotion is in America’s interest. Panelists included Michael E. O’Hanlon, Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution, J. Scott Carpenter, Principal of Google Ideas, Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Charles Kesler, Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College and Tony Smith, Professor of Political Science at Tufts University. Continue reading →