June 15, 2016

Geshe la Accepts Democracy Service Medal on Behalf of Tenzin Delek

Geshe la’s Remarks made during Democracy and Hope event on June 15, 2016  Tashi Delek. I would like to extend my heartfelt greetings to our beloved leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, our Prime...

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June 14, 2016

Tibet: Exiles’ Journey

Here is a short piece that Lobsang Sangay (then a student at Harvard, now the elected premier of the Tibetan government-in-exile) wrote for the Journal of Democracy back in the July 2003 issue on...

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June 01, 2016

NED to host His Holiness the Dalai Lama

His Holiness the Dalai Lama will discuss the subject of Democracy and Hope with a group of young activists from Cuba, Sudan, Azerbaijan and Jordan at an event at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) on...

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April 13, 2016

New and Serious Challenges to Democracy Emerge as Authoritarianism Goes...

Over the past decade, leading illiberal powers have become emboldened and gained greater influence, according to a new Journal of Democracy book, Authoritarianism Goes Global: The Challenge to Democracy.

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April 11, 2016

Journal of Democracy April 2016 Issue: “Latin America’s New Turbulence”

A number of Latin American countries are in the midst of turmoil. Brazil has been rocked by public anger over corruption, bringing President Dilma Rousseff to the brink of impeachment. Yet as Marcus André...

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March 28, 2016

Authoritarianism Goes Global — The American Interest

In an article published by The American Interest, Christopher Walker, Marc F. Plattner, and Larry Diamond write about how a new global competition in “soft power” is underway between democracy and autocracy.

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March 26, 2016

Grantee Spotlight: Studio Monitor

Studio Monitor produces investigative documentaries on a range of topics seldom covered by the Georgian media, including government accountability, the judiciary, the business sector, and human rights.

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March 26, 2016

Grantee Spotlight: La Silla Vacía

Since its launch in March 2009, NED grantee La Silla Vacía (The Empty Seat) has developed from a pilot initiative into one of the most consulted media outlets in Colombia.

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March 25, 2016

Stories From NED’s Africa Grantees

The National Endowment for Democracy is using the Storify platform to showcase the work of some of our partners. Browse through the profiles in Democracy Stories.

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March 24, 2016

Is Democracy in Decline? featured in Democracy & Society

The Fall/Winter 2016 issue of Democracy & Society, published by the Center for Democracy and Civil Society at Georgetown University, included as its leading article an essay by Journal of Democracy...

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