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May 24, 2013

NED mourns the loss of Board Member Larry Liebenow

It was with great sadness that NED learned of the sudden death of Larry Liebenow from a stroke on May 21st. Liebenow served as a member of NED’s Board of Directors since 2005 and was chairman of the board’s Budget and Audit Committee. :: MORE

May 21, 2013

North Korea Grantees Featured in the Guardian

Free North Korea Radio and Daily NK, both NED grantees, were featured in “North Koreans tune in for a glimpse of the outside world” in The Guardian (UK, May 1, 2013). :: MORE

May 3, 2013

Democracy Promotion Benefits the United States

NED Board member Zalmay Khalilzad responds to the National Interest. :: MORE

Apr 21, 2013

On Bloomberg.com, NED's Miriam Lanksoy writes on the tensions in Chechnya

In the wake of the Boston bombings, NED Director for Russia and Eurasia Miriam Lanskoy discussed tensions in Chechnya and Chechens in the United States in an op-ed for Bloomberg news. :: MORE

Apr 12, 2013

NED’s Rodger Potocki interviewed by RFE/RL on democracy efforts in Russia

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty interviews Rodger Potocki, NED senior director for Europe. :: MORE

Apr 9, 2013

Oswaldo Paya event featured in Washington Post editorial

In the Washington Post's April 9 editorial, "Oswaldo Paya's fight for a democratic Cuba lives on," the editorial board quotes remarks made by Rosa Maria Payá at a NED event. :: MORE

Apr 5, 2013

NED's Christopher Walker pens NYT Op-Ed on state-controlled media

International Forum for Democratic Studies Executive Director Christopher Walker discussed state-controlled media and its effect on civil society and political life across the world in an op-ed published the New York Times. :: MORE

Mar 27, 2013

Jailed Belarusian Activist Inspires Youth through Underground Book

NED President Carl Gershman wrote the introduction to the latest in RFE/RL's popular "Liberty Library" book series, The Byalyatski Matter. :: MORE

Mar 27, 2013

"The Kosovo Memory Book"

The Economist highlighted the work of NED grantee the Humanitarian Law Center, which has been collecting information about some 14,000 victims of the Kosovo war. :: MORE

Mar 25, 2013

NED Welcomes Spring 2013 Fellows

In residence are leading practitioners, journalists, and scholars from around the world, including Bahrain, Burma/Thailand, Cambodia, Ghana, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Uganda, and the United States. :: MORE