Is Democracy in Retreat?
Warsaw-based Polish Newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza sat down with NED President Carl Gershman to discuss whether Democracy was in retreat around the globe.
What President Obama needs to say about Cuba’s elections
Read an article on Cuba's elections by Carl Gershman in the Washington Post on March 17, 2016.
Democracy in Retreat as Authoritarianism Goes Global
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.
Human Rights Abuses in Putin’s Russia
Read the remarks given by NED President Carl Gershman to The Senate Human Rights Caucus on March 2, 2016.
North Korea: Why Human Rights Must Come First, Editorial in World Affairs...
This article is based on remarks Carl Gershman delivered at the conference “North Korea: The Human Condition and Security Nexus,” held at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on February 19,...
The New Fight: Cuba and the Movement for Democracy
Carl Gershman’s article as published in the World Affairs Journal on February 10, 2016. When President Obama and Raúl Castro announced, in December 2014, their intention to normalize relations...
Christopher Walker is New Vice President for Studies and Analysis at National...
In his new position, Walker joins the leadership team at NED and continues to oversee the activities of NED's International Forum for Democratic Studies, a leading center for the analysis and discussion of...
APSA-CD Newsletter: Opposition in Authoritarian Regimes
“Most studies of authoritarian political systems examine their inner workings, or the ways regime insiders use resources to limit activities threatening their hegemony. The authors here focus explicitly...
Ethiopia: Silencing Dissent — Journal of Democracy January 2016
In Ethiopia’s May 2015 parliamentary elections, the long-ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), together with its allies, claimed a historic victory with 100 percent of...
Journal of Democracy January 2016 Issue: The Authoritarian Threat
In “China and the ‘Singapore Model,'” Stephan Ortmann and Mark R. Thompson examine China’s desire to learn from Singapore “how to combine authoritarian rule with ‘good governance.'”...
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