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Journal of Democracy: China at the
Tipping Point? more· Afghan grantee receives
press freedom prize. more· Zimbabwe
grantee harassed as elections loom. more · NED mourns the passing
of two democracy leaders. more |
In Focus  Journal of Democracy: China
at the Tipping Point?
"The consensus is stronger than at any time
since the 1989 Tiananmen crisis that the
resilience of the authoritarian regime in the
People's Republic of China (PRC) is approaching
its limits," writes Columbia University political
scientist Andrew J. Nathan in the January 2013
issue of the Journal of
Democracy (JoD). What remains
unclear, however, is when the breakthrough moment
will come and what will be its trigger. more NED will host Andrew
Nathan on Feb. 7 for a special event on "China at
the Tipping Point?" He will be joined by Louisa
Greve (Vice President, NED) and Maochun Yu (US
Naval Academy) to discuss whether the evidence
points to a coming period of significant political
change in the PRC. more |
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News & Events
 Afghanistan
NED grantee Hasht-e Subh, a national
Afghan daily newspaper, won the prestigious Press
Freedom Prize awarded by Reporters Without
Borders. Editor Sanjar Suhail accepted the prize
( right) in a ceremony in December. more 
Zimbabwe
Activists
with NED grantee Zimbabwe Human Rights Association
(ZimRights), including director Okay Machisa
(left), were arrested in Harare and
charged with publishing 'false' information about
the country's voter rolls. more
Kampelman,
Palmer mourned by NED
Two
major figures in the struggle for freedom and
human rights passed away at the end of
January:
 Ambassador Max Kampelman
(right, center) received the NED
Democracy Service Medal in 2008 in recognition of
his lifetime achievement in advancing the
principles of freedom, human rights and democracy.
more
Ambassador Mark
Palmer played a leading role in drafting President
Reagan's historic Westminster address, in which
Reagan proposed the initiative that led to NED's
establishment. more
Belarus
Rodger Potocki, NED senior director
for Eastern and Central Europe, reports on four
recent meetings that focused on lessons from
Charter 77 that can be applied to Belarus. more
 Vietnam
Former Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow and
democracy blogger Lê Quốc Quân
( left) was arrested in Vietnam for 'tax
evasion,' and remains in detention. morePrishtina Youth Summit
NED
vice president Nadia Diuk spoke on "Political
Change and the Role of the Next Generation," at
the Prishtina Youth Summit in December. moreNorth
KoreaNED President Carl Gershman
spoke on "North Korean Human Rights: Prison Camps
in 2012," at a conference jointly sponsored by the
US-Korea Institute at SAIS, the Committee for
Human Rights in North Korea, and the Database
Center for North Korean Human Rights. more
Center for
International Media Assistance
(CIMA)
 CIMA released a two-part
package of reports on the global rise of nonprofit
investigative journalism centers:
Global Investigative Journalism:
Strategies for Support, is by David E.
Kaplan, director of the Global Investigative
Journalism Network. more is by
veteran journalist Drew Sullivan. more IJNet reported
on the CIMA event, held at NED, that launched
these two reports. more
European
Endowment for Democracy The
recently-established European Endowment for
Democracy is modeled on NED, and will be an
autonomous nongovernmental body advancing
democracy and human rights. more
Upcoming & Recent
Events
Feb.
7, 12:00-2:00pm: China at the Tipping
Point? at NED, featuring noted China expert
Andrew Nathan. more Feb. 12,
3:30-5:00pm: Digital Security and Press
Freedom in Latin America, a CIMA event at
NED, moderated by NED senior director Miriam
Kornblith. moreFeb. 13,
8:30am-12:15pm: The Arab Spring after
Two Years: Prospects for Democracy in the Gulf
States, a half-day conference at NED in
partnership with the Project on Middle East
Democracy. moreFeb. 19,
4:00-5:30pm: Enemies of the State:
Pussy Riot and the New Russian Protest Rock,
at the Elliott School of International
Affairs, a NED event in partnership with IERES. more
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Jan. 23:
A New Chance for Georgian Democracy. more Jan. 18:
The Role of Economics in Democratic
Transitions. moreJan. 16:
Models of Muckraking: Supporting Investigative
Journalism Around the World. moreVideos from most
events are available online. more
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