The International Forum for Democratic Studies' December 2018 "quick hits" newsletter features recent news and events on topics ranging from new frontiers in digital censorship to youth and political parties in Georgia.

With great sadness, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) mourns the loss Lyudmila Alexseyeva, the “’Grandmother’ of the Russian Human Rights Movement,” who died Saturday in Moscow at the age of 91.  Alekseyeva, a co-founder of...

Economic liberalization failed to bring political liberaliation to China, which has only grown more repressive.  NED president Carl Gershman reflects on the life and legacy of His Holidness the Dalai Lama’s special envoy Lodi Gyari and the...

NED Vice President for Studies and Analysis Christopher Walker testified on the threat of sharp power to the integrity of democracies in the context of cultural diplomacy before the Canadian Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International...

We are pleased to announce its Fall 2018 cohort of Reagan-Fascell and Hurford Youth Fellows.