Galway International Arts Festival (GIAF) is more than one of Europe's most engaging summer arts festivals. It also produces work throughout the year and offers its popular First Thought Talks series each Autumn. First Thought Talks go behind the curtain to look at the challenges we face in the world today, utilising live discussions with experts in their fields.

With the continuing rise of nationalism and the emergence of ‘strongman’ leaders, many democracies across the world are coming under increasing threat. In this GIAF First Thought Talk, David Runciman discusses the health of democracy and the qualities of political leadership with First Thought Talks curator Catriona Crowe.

David Runciman is a political scientist who has written seven books on political structures and democracy. His 2018 book, How Democracy Ends, was an international bestseller and fuelled a debate on the fate of our most cherished political model. He has just published Where Power Stops: The Making and Unmaking of Presidents and Prime Ministers.

He is Professor of Politics at Cambridge University and runs a regular and very popular podcast, Talking Politics.

This First Thought Talk took place on 12 October at NUI Galway's Aula Maxima.

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