Judd Devermont sits down with renowned Afro-beats star and fearless activist, Bobi Wine, to discuss how his music is inspiring Ugandan youths to challenge state repression. Damola Durosomo (OkayAfrica) and Lauren Ploch Blanchard (Congressional Research Service) join in on the conversation. Also in store, an update on Nigeria’s 2019 elections and Melania Trump’s not-so-memorable trip to four African countries.

Music is the Weapon of the People

CSIS human rights research is led by the&nbsp;Human Rights Initiative (HRI). Launched in 2014, HRI promotes a proactive global human rights agenda that reinforces democratic values as a central component of a comprehensive foreign policy. It seeks to generate innovative solutions for government, civil society, and the private sector and works to integrate human rights priorities across U.S. foreign policy interests.
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In conjunction with the HRI program, CSIS experts from across programs also examine critical issues affecting human rights and human security around the world, as well as opportunities to enhance and broaden support for universal freedoms.

Find the latest research from the HRI program and other CSIS scholars below.

The Stephenson Ocean Security Project invites you to the second annual CSIS Ocean Security Forum on January 7, 2020. The annual forum highlights how marine resources disputes, exacerbated by climate change and ecosystem collapse, drive instability in key regions of the globe. This year’s event will feature keynotes from U.S. Coast Guard leadership and key members of Congress and will highlight opportunities to improve security and human rights in the global fishing industry. Speakers will explore two themes:


	Opportunities to address human rights violations in the seafood supply chain through U.S. policy, emerging technologies, and corporate accountability.
	Implications of Chinese Belt and Road Initiative port investments on ocean sustainability and on the security and sovereignty of developing coastal states.

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	Phil Stephenson, Founder, The Philip Stephenson Foundation
	Dr. Whit Saumweber, Director, Stephenson Ocean Security Project, CSIS







	Dr. Dyhia Belhabib, Principal Investigator, Fisheries, Ecotrust Canada
	Jonathan Hillman, Senior Fellow, Simon Chair in Political Economy, and Director, Reconnecting Asia Project, CSIS
	Philip Chou, Senior Advisor, Oceana
	Ernesto Fernandez Monge, Officer, Reducing Harmful Fisheries Subsidies, Pew Charitable Trusts
	Moderator: Tabitha Mallory, Affiliate Professor, University of Washington, and CEO, China Ocean Institute







	Roberta Elias, Director of Policy and Government Affairs, World Wildlife Fund
	Bradley Soule, Chief Fisheries Analyst, OceanMind
	Jenny Barker, Chief of Party, Seafood Alliance for Legality and Traceability, FishWise
	Amol Mehra, Managing Director, The Freedom Fund
	Moderator: Dr. Whit Saumweber, Director, Stephenson Ocean Security Project, CSIS





	Vice Admiral Daniel B. Abel, Deputy Commandant for Operations, U.S. Coast Guard
	Dr. Whit Saumweber, Director, Stephenson Ocean Security Project, CSIS



This event is made possible with the generous support of the Philip Stephenson Foundation.

Second Annual Ocean Security Forum

Thirty years ago, as communism crumbled across Europe, more than one million Chinese protesters gathered in Tiananmen Square in Beijing to demand greater political rights and more government accountability. After more than a month of rising demands and growing crowds, the Communist Party of China unleased a violent crackdown, killing hundreds, possibly thousands of Chinese citizens.    To mark this 30-year anniversary, CSIS’s Project on History and Strategy invites you to a discussion with Dr. Andrew J. Nathan of Columbia University, a leading scholar of Chinese politics and the sources of political legitimacy in Asia. Dr. Nathan will discuss the history of Tiananmen and explain how the legacy and lessons of 1989 have shaped Chinese politics over the past three decades.   Dr. Nathan is the author of several books on culture, rights and political participation in China and Asia more broadly.
 This event is made possible by general support to CSIS.

Re-examining the History of Tiananmen Square

Technology was once viewed as a liberating tool for individuals living under authoritarian regimes, yet today, illiberal governments around the world are developing, acquiring, and utilizing technologies to strengthen political control over their population. Perhaps more than any other authoritarian country, China is experimenting with new methods of integrating technology into its system of governance, with its near-total surveillance state in the western region of Xinjiang being the most extreme example.  Please join the CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies and the CSIS Human Rights Initiative for a discussion of how technology is changing the way the CCP governs China. The event will feature panelists Josh Chin and Kate O’Keeffe of The Wall Street Journal, and Christina Larson of the Associated Press.

This event is made possible through CSIS general support funds.

China's New Era in Techno-Governance

By: Bonnie S. Glaser
 In this episode, Jude invites CSIS Director of the China Power Project Bonnie Glaser. They discuss how the ongoing events in Hong Kong are impacting Taiwan’s own relations with mainland China, as well as how the continued unrest can affect Taiwan’s presidential elections coming up in January 2020.

Taiwan's Close Watch on Hong Kong Protests

By: Richard Miles
 For one week last June, dozens of reporters in the USA Today network coordinated stories on migrants attempting to cross the U.S. southern border in the article "One deadly week reveals where the immigration crisis begins - and where it ends." Daniel Gonzalez, a long-time immigration reporter for The Arizona Republic, tells what they found, and recounts some of his interviews in Guatemala and Mexico’s southern border. Most Central American families, he found, are fleeing economic misery rather than persecution. They are also lured in part by U.S. asylum law, a trend that saw a massive increase in apprehensions in 2019, especially in May and June.

Music is the Weapon of the People

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