The 2009 report reinforces the axiom that democracy is an incremental process, rarely arriving overnight thought a single dramatic event, but rather developing over time through effective groundwork laid at...

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The 2008 Annual Report highlights much of the day-to-day work of the many democrats working in every corner of the globe.

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The programs in this 2007 report offer only glimpses of well over a thousand inspiring and instructive stories of patience, hard work, creativity, and above all, commitment to the ideals that will determine...

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During 2006, NED and its grantees responded to resistance with an eye toward regaining the forward momentum for democratic progress. Read more in NED's 2006 Annual Report.

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In 2005, the world's attention was focused upon democratic advances in the Middle East, as Iraqis and Afghans risked their lives to participate in democratic processes once though unimaginable in their countries....

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NED co-sponsors a showing at the Newseum of Watching the Moon at Night a creative documentary that looks at contemporary terrorism and anti-Semitism.

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Read an article on Cuba's elections by Carl Gershman in the Washington Post on March 17, 2016.

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NED is delighted to welcome Zalmay Khalilzad, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, and the United Nations and a member of the NED Board, to discuss his new book, The Envoy: From Kabul to the White House, My Journey Through a Turbulent World.

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This one-day conference will bring together civil society from Niger, Nigeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, Sudan and Ethiopia, regional policy makers, and leading practitioners with an expertise on the Sahel who will discuss priorities and best ways to bridge the gap between civil society and governing institutions in Sahel countries.

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The Washington Post editorial board discussed the findings of Authoritarianism Goes Global, a new Journal of Democracy book edited by Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner, and Christopher Walker.

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