The Road to Digital Unfreedom
03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Ronald J. Deibert and Xiao Qiang discussed the multifaceted challenges posed by sharpening levels of online polarization and manipulation, new threats to individual rights and privacy in the digital space, the tension between the business model of social media companies and their responsibilities to democratic societies, and authoritarian efforts to diffuse digital technologies of surveillance and control.
A Crisis of Legitimacy in the Islamic Republic of Iran Forty...
03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow Dr. Ladan Boroumand reflected on crucial phases that have defined Iran's state-society dialectic, and brought to light the unprecedented cultural and ideological consequences of this dynamic.
President’s Message – 2018
In recent years the NED and other organizations working to advance democracy have been challenged by what is commonly called a democratic recession. The term refers to a global crisis of democracy...
Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the World Movement for Democracy
20 years ago, delegates from 80+ counties founded the World Movement for Democracy as a "worldwide network of democratic practitioners and thinkers, committed to mutual support, exchange, and cooperation."
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