Corruption: Violent Extremism, Kleptocracy, and the Dangers of Failing...
President of the National Endowment for Democracy, Carl Gershman, testifies to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on June 30, 2016.
NED Hosts His Holiness the Dalai Lama
On June 16, 2016, the National Endowment for Democracy hosted His Holiness the Dalai Lama for a public conversation with four dynamic young democracy activists. The afternoon included remarks from House Democratic...
Carl Gershman’s Introductory Remarks at “Hope and Democracy”...
Read Carl Gershman's remarks at “Hope and Democracy” Event with the Dalai Lama.
Geshe la and Tenzin Palkyi’s Interview with VOA Tibetan
Geshe la and Tenzin Palkyi sit down with VOA Tibetan (spoken in Tibetan language).
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...
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...
Commemorating the 27th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre
Carl Gershman, President of NED, spoke at "Exploring the contested history of the Tiananmen Massacre," an event hosted by Initiatives for China and Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation at the PEW Charitable...
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...
A Strategy for Democratic Renewal
Carl Gershman delivers the annual John B. Hurford Memorial Lecture titled, "A Strategy for Democratic Renewal" on May 17, 2016.
Islam and Democracy After the Arab Spring
Since the uprisings of the Arab Spring in 2011, an Arab Winter of authoritarian backlash has swept across the Middle East. The setbacks in the Middle East have actually been part of a global phenomenon of authoritarian...
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