January 14, 2015

NED President’s Four Reasons to Be Optimistic in 2015

Even in some of the bleakest situations, such movements have shown relentless determination and persistence.

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January 09, 2015

Board of Directors of the National Endowment for Democracy Issues Statement...

At its first meeting of 2015, the Board of Directors of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) issued a statement of solidarity with the people of France in reaction to the recent terrorist attack in...

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December 11, 2014

JoD at 25 Years: “What Democracy Is…And Is Not”

In anticipation of celebrating the 25th anniversary issue in January 2015, the Journal of Democracy is revisiting five of the most influential articles on the study of democratization ever published in the...

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December 05, 2014

Laura Golightly Named Senior Director of Financial Management & Integration...

For Immediate Release December 5, 2014 Contact: Jane Riley Jacobsen (202) 378-9700 or jane@ned.org

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November 25, 2014

APSA-CD Newsletter: “Regime Change: Useful Lessons from the Past”

Democratization scholars analyze historical cases of regime change in the November 2014 issue of the American Political Science Association–Comparative Democratization section newsletter.

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November 19, 2014

Reaffirming and Defending the Legacy of Vaclav Havel

Remarks by Carl Gershman at the “Salute to Vaclav Havel”Washington, D.C. November 19, 2014 My thanks, Martin, for inviting me to speak about reaffirming and defending the legacy of Vaclav Havel...

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November 19, 2014

“Are Czechs giving up on moral responsibility?”

This week, Congress will honor a man who represented the great history of the Czech people, earning them renown throughout the world. May the ceremony celebrating Havel’s life send a message to his successors...

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November 19, 2014

JoD at 25 Years: "Democracy’s Third Wave" by Samuel P....

NOV 25, 2014 Journal of Democracy Classics: "Democracy's Third Wave" Forum News In anticipation of celebrating the 25th anniversary issue in January 2015,...

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November 18, 2014

NED President’s Remarks to the Ukrainian American Bar Association

NED President remarks from his speech at the Ukrainian American Bar Association.

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November 17, 2014

The Menace of Unreality: How the Kremlin Weaponizes Information, Culture,...

In an era where freedom of speech and information are considered to be sacred, what happens when a powerful international actor abuses those freedoms to spread disinformation? This is the question that journalists...

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