VideosIQ2 Debate: Democracy is Not for Everyone

Speaking for the affirmative at the FODI debate were Ambassador MK Bhadrakumar, a Former Ambassador for India to Pakistan, Iran, Turkey and Russia among other countries, Professor Carmen Lawrence, former Premier of Western Australia and Professor Greg Craven, Vice-Chancellor of Australian Catholic University and an expert in public law.

For the negative were Professor John Keane, an Australian born author and academic who is Professor of Politics at the University of Westminster and Director of the Centre for the Study of Democracy which he founded, Dr Michael Wesley, Executive Director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy and former Professor of International Relations and Director of the Griffith Asia Institute at Griffith University and Amina Rasul-Bernardo, Lead Convenor of the Philippine Council on Islam and Democracy (PCID) a former Presidential advisor, and a noted peace and human rights advocate.