Remarks by Carl Gershman At the Presentation of the Ion Ratiu Democracy Award to Nabeel Rajab of Bahrain
THE PRICE OF FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY: DEFIANT BAHRAINIS AND THE ARAB SPRING The Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, D.C. December 1, 2011 I want to begin by congratulating Nabeel Rajab for receiving this important award, and also by commending the Wilson Center...
Remarks by Marc Plattner at 8th annual Seymour Martin Lipset Lecture on Democracy in the World
Marc Plattner, NED Vice President, Research & Studies October 26, 2011 Embassy of Canada, Washington D.C. It is both an honor and a pleasure for me to introduce Abdou Filali-Ansary, who tonight will present the eighth annual Seymour Martin Lipset Lecture...
REMARKS AT THE 8TH ANNUAL SEYMOUR MARTIN LIPSET LECTURE ON DEMOCRACY IN THE WORLD
Carl Gershman, President of NED Embassy of Canada, Washington, D.C. October 26, 2011 I want to begin by thanking Ambassador Gary Doer and Minister Kevin O’Shea for the Canadian Embassy’s continued hospitality in hosting the Seymour Martin Lipset Lecture...
REMARKS BY CARL GERSHMAN DELIVERED AT THE CONFERENCE “DEMOCRACY ON TRIAL: RELIGION, CIVIL SOCIETY, AND DEMOCRATIC THEORY” THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO DIVINITY SCHOOL
When Jean Bethke Elshtain’s Democracy on Trial appeared in 1995, it attracted great attention because it challenged the democratic triumphalism that still prevailed in the United States in the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the dramatic expansion of democracy around the...
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