Testing the Limits: China and Russia’s Authoritarian Influence at Scale...
By Kevin Sheives, Alexander Cooley, Caroline Costello, William Nee, and Florindo Chivucute Table of Contents Executive Summary A New, More Permissive Context for Authoritarian Influence at Scale / Kevin Sheives...
Twenty-Second Annual Seymour Martin Lipset Lecture | Leopoldo...
05:45 PM - 07:00 PM
The 2025 Seymour Martin Lipset Lecture on Democracy in the World will be delivered by Leopoldo López, a Venezuelan prodemocracy activist and cofounder of the World Liberty Congress.
China Salon Event Recap: How the PRC Is Using AI to Censor, Surveil, and...
In China today, AI can censor a million online posts in less than a second and generate convincing propaganda at a keystroke. At the latest in the China Salon series of events hosted by the National Endowment...
The CCP’s Global Censorship Campaign – and How NED’s Partners Break...
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is among the world’s most systematic suppressors of free speech. For many PRC citizens and diaspora members—not to mention citizens of other countries...
Saying “Farewell” to NED Vice-President Christopher Walker
This is a bittersweet moment for the International Forum for Democratic Studies, as we say farewell to Christopher Walker, who departed his role with us at the end of last month. Chris has...
Update from the International Forum for Democratic Studies
Friends of the Forum, We’re writing to let you know that, due to the inability to access Congressionally appropriated funds for NED, the International Forum for Democratic Studies will be suspending activities...
Forum Focus: January 2025
Regular news from the National Endowment for Democracy’s International Forum for Democratic Studies on global challenges facing democracy around the world.
Digital Directions: December 2024
By Maya Recanati and Nick Nunez| Edited by Beth Kerley and Adam Fivenson Bimonthly insights on the evolving relationships among digital technologies, information integrity, and democracy from the International...
Big Question: How Are Cybercrime Laws Weaponized to Legalize Repression?
Edited by Maya Recanati and Beth Kerley Across the globe, autocrats are working to quash dissent online through a combination of domestic legal tools and digital surveillance. In particular, vaguely worded...
Defending Democratic Norms in Global Tech Governance
In the UN system and beyond, authoritarian maneuvers and democratic disillusionment are fundamentally challenging the participatory, multistakeholder models that have so far prevailed in governing digital technologies....
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