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Please join the Atlantic Council’s Freedom and Prosperity Center and the International Republican Institute (IRI) for a fireside chat with Dafna Rand, PhD, the newly confirmed Assistant Secretary of State of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL), on the Biden administration’s democracy agenda and the bureau’s priorities.

Supporting democracy in developing countries advances US national security because people are more secure and prosperous with a world that is free and open. The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor at the State Department is central to American efforts to advance freedom and democracy overseas.

The event will be held at the IRI Headquarters, 1225 I St. NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005, on October 9th, 2024 from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.

The fireside style chat will be moderated by Patrick Quirk, vice president for strategy, innovation, and impact at IRI and nonresident senior fellow for freedom and democracy with the Atlantic Council’s Freedom and Prosperity Center. Opening remarks will be given by Jenna Ben-Yehuda, executive vice president of the Atlantic Council.

Opening remarks

Jenna Ben-Yehuda is executive vice president of the Atlantic Council.

FEATURING

Dafna Rand is the assistant secretary of state of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.

Moderated by

Patrick Quirk is the vice president for strategy, innovation, and impact at IRI and nonresident senior fellow for freedom and democracy with the Atlantic Council’s Freedom and Prosperity Center.

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The Freedom and Prosperity Center aims to increase the well-being of people everywhere and especially that of the poor and marginalized in developing countries through unbiased, data-based research on the relationship between prosperity and economic, political, and legal freedoms, in support of sound policy choices.

The International Republican Institute advances democracy and freedom. We link people with their governments, guide politicians to be responsive to citizens, and motivate people to engage in the political process.

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