January 14, 2021

Journal of Democracy January 2021 Issue

The Journal of Democracy's January 2021 issue features a lead set of articles examining the trends contributing to mistrust in mainstream parties around the globe, and the options for strengthening democratic...

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January 13, 2021

Global Insights: COVID-19 and the Information Space

The essays in this "Global Insights" series assess the challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic poses to the democratic health and integrity of the information space.

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January 11, 2021

NED President Carl Gershman to Retire in 2021

Heidrick & Struggles to manage executive search The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has begun the search for its next president after founding president Carl Gershman  announced that he plans...

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January 06, 2021

NED and Its Four Core Institutes Issue Joint Statement on Events at U.S....

Carl Gershman, President, National Endowment for Democracy Derek Mitchell, President, National Democratic Institute Dan Twining, President, International Republican Institute Shawna Bader-Blau, Ex. Director,...

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January 06, 2021

NED Grantee Combats Disinformation in Brazil During Pivotal Year

The Instituto Tecnologia e Equidade (IT&E)—a grantee of the National Endowment for Democracy—combats disinformation in Brazil through training programs and cutting-edge research on the ethical use of technology.

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January 05, 2021

VIDEO: National Endowment for Democracy 2020 Highlights

In 2020, despite the challenges of the covid-19 pandemic, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) awarded the highest number of grants in its history to civil society organizations striving to advance democratic...

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December 11, 2020

After Moldova’s Elections, NED Grantees Continue to Combat Russian Influence

Grantee Spotlight: Watchdog.MD and Piligrim-Demo  The recent win by opposition candidate and former Prime Minister Maia Sandu during Moldova’s presidential election on November 15, 2020, against...

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December 07, 2020

NED Mourns the Passing of Sen. Paul Sarbanes

It is with great sadness that the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) learned of the passing of U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD), a longtime supporter of NED and a member of the Endowment’s Board of Directors...

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November 30, 2020

NED RESPONDS TO THREAT OF CHINESE GOVERNMENT SANCTIONS

The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) learned today that NED’s Senior Director for Asia John Knaus, along with colleagues from NED partner the National Democratic Institute,  was singled out...

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November 19, 2020

“The Social Requisites of Democracy Revisited” and “Steady...

Seymour Martin Lipset’s scholarship on such themes as the conditions for democracy, political parties, voting behavior, extremist movements, ideologies, and public opinion constitutes one of the most prolific,...

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