In his 1970 Nobel Lecture in literature, the famous Soviet dissident and writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn declared that the violence that is at the root of communist totalitarianism – the Stalinist labour camps...

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Democracy Research News is the electronic newsletter of the Network of Democracy Research Institutes (NDRI), a membership association of institutions that conduct and publish research on democracy and democratic...

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The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) will pay tribute to the people of Sudan and their historic 2019 revolution when it honors three organizations working tirelessly to strengthen civil society in Sudan...

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The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Thich Quang Do, the Supreme Patriarch of the banned Unified Buddhist Church in Vietnam and leading advocate for religious...

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To strengthen its long-term commitment to cybersecurity protection, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is now a referring partner in Project Galileo—a website-resilience initiative by the internet...

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On Saturday, February 15, 2020 at the Munich Security Conference, global thought leaders and experts on disinformation will launch a new report, “Firming Up Democracy’s Soft Underbelly: Authoritarian...

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The Sharp Power and Democratic Resilience series aims to contextualize the nature of sharp power, inventory key authoritarian efforts and domains, and illuminate ideas for non-governmental action that are essential...

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We remembering our long-time colleague and friend Nadia Diuk who served the Endowment for 32 years a year after her passing.

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Democratic societies must address the spread of technology developed in authoritarian settings while continuing to uphold democratic norms.

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Larry Diamond's essay in the Journal of Democracy's 30th anniversary issue outlines a path toward renewed democratic progress.

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