February 19, 2019

Testimony to Canadian Parliament by NED President Carl Gershman

To the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development of the House of Commons of Canada Thank you, Chairman Levitt, for inviting me to testify this morning before your Committee. ...

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February 14, 2019

Forum Q&A: George Sarpong on Defending Media Freedom During Ghana’s...

Dean Jackson of the International Forum for Democratic Studies spoke with George Sarpong, a Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow, about the impact of new technology and Chinese influence on media freedom in Ghana...

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February 12, 2019

Carl Gershman Speaks at International Campaign for Tibet’s “Thank...

This evening Tibet is saying Thank You to America.  But I want to say Thank You to Tibet for four reasons. First, I want to thank Tibet for giving us His Holiness to teach and help guide us. He’s...

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February 11, 2019

Introduction of Anwar Ibrahim

Ffifteenth Annual Seymour Martin Lipset Lecture on Democracy in the World It’s an extraordinary honor for me to introduce Anwar Ibrahim this evening to deliver the 15th annual Lipset Democracy Lecture. ...

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January 31, 2019

Remembering Nadia Diuk

In the days since Nadia passed, the NED has received an incredible outpouring of messages of condolence and remembering.  I’m sure that what we received was but a small part of all the online posts, emails,...

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January 30, 2019

Kaine, Ros-Lehtinen, Sasse, Schadlow, Stefanik and Wollack join NED Board...

The National Endowment for Democracy has elected six new members to its Board of Directors. U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Ben Sasse (R-NE), U.S. Representative Elise Stefanik (R-NY), former U.S. Representative...

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January 24, 2019

NED mourns the passing of dear friend and colleague Nadia Diuk

It was with deep sadness the Board and staff of the National Endowment for Democracy learned of the passing of our long-time colleague and friend Nadia Diuk.

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January 23, 2019

International Forum for Democratic Studies January 2019 Newsletter

The January 2019 edition of the Forum newsletter features new content, event recaps, and more.

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January 22, 2019

“Safeguarding Democracies Against Authoritarian Sharp Power”

Writing for Policy Options, NED Vice President for Studies and Analysis Christopher Walker assesses the risk posed to multiple sectors – media, universities, academic publishers, technology, elections –...

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January 16, 2019

Journal of Democracy January 2019 Issue: The Road to Digital Unfreedom

The January 2019 issue of the Journal of Democracy features a set of four articles examining the growing threat of digital repression.

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