In this Keynote, Marielena Hincapié interviews Justin Gest about his recently published book, “Democratic Drain: Global Migration and the Struggle for Democracy,” which links two of the most compelling topics of our time: migration and democracy.
With a blend of in-depth interviews and data analysis across 149 countries, Gest explores how global migration filters people with liberal democratic values out of authoritarian spaces, enabling democratic backsliding worldwide.
As the world increasingly sorts into democratic and undemocratic spaces, Gest's timely and innovative analysis raises important political and policy questions about how democracies might compensate for the inadvertent effects of global human mobility.
