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Captured States: Bulgaria, South(ern) Africa, and the Limits of Formal Democracy

Conference
Royal Society of South Africa and the Academy of Science of South Africa Online 2026

Information

Captured States: Bulgaria, South(ern) Africa, and the Limits of Formal Democracy is a public webinar lecture comparing democratic resilience and state capture in Bulgaria and Southern Africa. The session is presented by Dr Dimitar Keranov of the Bulgarian Institute for International Politics and examines the gap between constitutional architecture and political reality, anti-corruption reform, and captured institutions. The webinar is organised by the Royal Society of South Africa and the Academy of Science of South Africa and will be available as a recorded video on the organiser's website after the event.

Benefits

A recorded video of the talk will be made available on the organisers' website about a week after the event.

Eligibility

All welcome.

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