HIGHLIGHTS
North Korean grantees committed to freedom of information 
No matter how hard the North Korean regime attempts to stop the free flow of information into and out of the country, recent North Korean refugees testify that more people inside the country are listening to foreign radio broadcasts and accessing non-North Korean media. Much of this is possible now because of dedicated grassroots NGOs and civil society organizations based in South Korea, particularly those formed and run by North Korean defectors. [read more]
 Documenting Human Rights Violations in North Korea
Representatives from the North Korea Human Rights Database Center, a NED Grantee, were on hand to discuss the 2009 White Paper on North Korean Human Rights at an event co-organized by NED and the US Korea Institute at SAIS on October 8. [read more]
 Nathan Glazer will give Lipset Lecture on November 4
Democracy and Diversity: Dealing with Deep Divides will be the topic addressed by Harvard Professor Emeritus Nathan Glazer when he delivers the 6th annual Seymour Martin Lipset Lecture on Democracy in the World, which will be held at the Embassy of Canada in Washington, DC on November 4. [read more]
Middle Eastern Democrats and their Vision of the Future
Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 8:30 – 2:00 pm
Leading democratic voices from the Middle East will have an opportunity to discuss the future of democratic reform in their region at a half-day conference in Washington, DC on Wednesday, November 18. Ayman Nour, leader of Egypt’s El-Ghad party, will be among several prominent politicians, parliamentarians and government ministers from Egypt, Kuwait, Lebanon Jordan and Morocco who will be joined by leading Washington analysts, members of Congress and the administration to discuss the prospects and challenges of a democratic future for the region. [read more]
 Democracy, Totalitarianism and the Culture of Freedom:
A memorial symposium honoring the life and work of Leszek Kolakowski
On October 15, NED and the Embassy of Poland hosted a symposium on the legacy of Polish philosopher Leszek Kolakowski, the thinker who, more profoundly than any intellectual since George Orwell, explained the origins and deformities of communist totalitarianism and the threat it posed to human freedom. Zbigniew Brzezinski moderated a discussion featuring Richard Pipes, George Weigel, Abbas Milani, and Nadia Diuk. [read more]
Interethnic Chinese Conference Seeks Understanding and Cooperation
NED Grantee Initiatives for China convened the Fifth Interethnic/Interfaith Leadership Conference October 8-10 at Trinity University in Washington, DC. Advancing the Quest for Understanding and Cooperation was the topic considered by a broad array of Chinese participants including, Tibetans, Uyghurs, Mongolians, Christians, Falun Gong Practitioners, Muslims, as well as delegates from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macao, and Mainland China. Dr. Yang Jianli, President of Initiatives for China, remarked “This conference is one of the very few opportunities for such diverse groups … to discover their common humanity and mutual quest for dignity and liberty”. NED Vice President for Programs, Planning, and Evaluation Barbara Haig was the conference keynote speaker. [read more]
NED Welcomes Four new Board Members
Former U.S. Representative Martin Frost (D-TX), Ambassador Princeton Lyman, Progressive Policy Institute President Will Marshall, and Ambassador Stephen Sestanovich have joined the Board of Directors of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). [read more]
Online Application now available for NED Fellowships
The Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program has launched its new Online Application System. Applications for fellowships in 2010-2011 are due November 2, 2009, and are now being accepted at http://fellowships.ned.org.
 Richard A.
Gephardt
is new NED Chairman
On January 16, the NED Board of Directors elected former Democratic Leader Richard A. Gephardt to serve as Chairman. [read more]
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