2011 DEMOCRACY SERVICE MEDAL AWARDED TO Jean Bethke Elshtain
06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
NED President Carl Gershman presented the Democracy Service Medal to long-time Board member Jean Bethke Elshtain. Elshtain served as the NED Board specialist for South Asia and has also written and lectured extensively on the topic of religion and democracy.
Carl Gershman’s Tribute to Jean Bethke Elshtain
Because Jean has given service to that notion, with courage and devotion, the National Endowment for Democracy, with pride, presents her with its Democracy Service Medal.
Czechoslovakia: “If the Culture Survives….”
During the Cold War, the Czechoslovak Documentation Center (then based in West Germany) was a vital link between dissidents in Czechoslovakia and the outside world. Today, the Center is a valuable archive of...
Revolution Redux: Can Ukrainian Society Be Re-Mobilized...
02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Since Ukraine's 2010 presidential election, civil society’s ability to influence and engage with the authorities has also been curtailed. Panelists discuss this leave civil society on the eve of parliamentary elections in 2012.
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