Bosnia

NED Senior Program Officer Ivana Howard testified before Congress on "Human Rights, Peace and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland and Bosnia." more

Rwanda, Burundi Elections

Nancy Welch, NED Assistant Program Officer for Africa, reviewed recent elections in Rwanda and Burundi for the Great Lakes Policy Forum. more

Burmese Grantee Receives Journalism Award

The founder and editor of The Irrawaddy magazine, a long-time NED grantee, received the 2010 Prince Claus Award for Journalism. more

Op-Ed on North Korea in Thailand's The Nation

A Sept. 17 op-ed, "No easy task to read the tea leaves in North Korea" by John Knaus, NED senior program officer for Asia, appeared in Thailand's The Nation. more

NED Business and Labor Institutes Op-Ed in WSJ

NED business and labor institutes are highlighted in this Sept. 17 Wall Street Journal op-ed, "On Free Association, Business and Labor Agree" by Greg Lebedev and John Sweeney. more

New Journal of Democracy Book

Debates on Democratization explores democratic consolidation and reform, the transition paradigm, the "color revolutions," and government systems from the perspective of democratic governance and stability. more

New Journal of Democracy Podcast

Dr. Adeed Dawisha discusses Iraq's elections and democratic transition with Journal managing editor Brent Kallmer. more

New CIMA Report

Winds From the East: How the People's Republic of China Seeks to Influence the Media in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. more

Upcoming Events

Sept. 21, 12-2pm: Evaluating the Evaluators: Media Freedom Indexes and What They Measure (CIMA). more

Sept 24, 12-2pm: Competitive Authoritarianism: Hybrid Regimes after the Cold War. more

Sept 29, 12-2pm: Covering Corruption: The Difficulties of Trying to Make a Difference (CIMA). more

Sept 30, 3-4:30pm: Merchants of Modernity: Business, Development, and Democracy in Developing Countries. more

Oct 19, 6pm: 2010 Seymour Martin Lipset Lecture on Democracy in the World: Paradoxes of the New Authoritarianism. more