The CCP’s Global Censorship Campaign – and How NED’s Partners Break Through

In collaboration with NED’s International Forum for Democratic Studies, scholars have analyzed how the CCP deploys online tools as part of a broader strategy to shape global narratives, censor and suppress dissent, and...

Saying "Farewell" to NED Vice-President Christopher Walker

Chris Walker has been with NED for 13 years, first as the Executive Director of the Forum and then as NED’s Vice-President for Studies and Analysis. In that time, he has been responsible for shaping discourse and programming...

Data-Centric Authoritarianism: How China's Development of Frontier Technologies Could Globalize Repression

A new report authored by Valentin Weber reviews four key data-centric technologies whose development could fortify Beijing’s tech-enabled authoritarian governance model and offers seven critical steps democracies and civil...

Freedom’s Framework: The Case for Democracy

China's Global Challenge to Democracy

A curated list of material on China’s global challenge to democracy from
the International Forum for Democratic Studies and Journal of Democracy.

Big Question: How are Cybercrime Laws Weaponized to Legalize Repression?

Four leading experts answer the following questions: What concerns do the abuse of cybercrime laws (and the potential UN Convention against Cybercrime, as drafted) present for the work and safety of democratic actors in...

Stronger Together: Coalitions as a Catalyst for Information Integrity

A new report authored by Tim Niven explores how sweeping changes in the information environment are advancing the efforts of authoritarians in the information space and how coalitions provide civil society organizations with...

Leveraging AI for Democracy: Civic Innovation on the New Digital Playing Field

A new report by Beth Kerley, Carl Miller, and Fernanda Campagnucci outlines possible paths toward a prodemocratic vision for AI.

Celebrating the 2023–2024 Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows

The 2023–2024 cohort of Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows brought an incredible wealth of experience, sharp strategic vision, and a spirit of solidarity to NED.

The Struggle Against Authoritarian Influence in the Western Balkans: Montenegro as a Test Case

A new report authored by Vanja Ćalović Marković explores how Montenegro has become an ideal testing ground for authoritarian actors, and how lessons learned from these influence experiments can be applied by authoritarian...

Manufacturing Deceit: How Generative AI Supercharges Information Manipulation

A new report authored by Beatriz Saab explores how generative AI is helping authoritarians tip the scales against democracy and accelerate harmful narratives in a wide variety of country contexts, and how civil society organizations...

Forum Q&A: Ethan Tu and Billion Lee on How Taiwan’s Civil Society Collaborates to Address Information Integrity Challenges from Beijing

John K. Glenn and Kevin Sheives spoke with Ethan Tu and Billion Lee to unpack Beijing’s efforts to undermine Taiwan’s information space and better understand why civil society’s response was so effective.

International Forum for Democratic Studies Celebrates 30th Anniversary

This month, the International Forum for Democratic Studies at the National Endowment for Democracy celebrates 30 years as a leading center for democratic thought and analysis.

Fighting Kleptocracy in an Era of Geopolitics

A new report by Ben Judah analyzes how the counter-kleptocracy agenda intersects with, and is at times superseded by, competing geopolitical priorities.

Defining Global Challenges to Democracy

Ahead of the Summit for Democracy, the Forum has released a series of four issue briefs that highlight several emerging global challenges to democracy.

Announcing New Webpages for Translated Research and Analysis

The International Forum has translated many of its publications about emerging global challenges to democracy into Arabic, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.