Media in Transition: Coverage of the 2011 Election in Kyrgyzstan and Beyond from CIMA...

21ST CENTURY MEDIA: NEW FRONTIERS, NEW BARRIERS Washington, D.C. Good evening, and a special welcome to Washington to those who are visiting from far away.  A special welcome, too, to UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova and to Under Secretary of State Judith McHale. This...

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President Ronald Reagan The Westminster Address London, United Kingdom The journey of which this visit forms a part is a long one. Already it has taken me to two great cities of the West – Rome and Paris – and to the economic...

Helping democrats in closed societies Early investment by NED in the democratic struggles in the 1980s in Central Europe and the Soviet Union –  and many countries in Latin America, Asia, and Africa – contributed to significant democratic breakthroughs.

In 1989, Ambassador Bútora was a cofounder of the Public Against Violence movement, the leading Slovak force in the Velvet Revolution against communism. Following the revolution he served as a human rights advisor to President Vaclav Havel. After the "velvet divorce," during which...

Remarks by Carl Gershman, PresidentThe National Endowment for DemocracyChairman Smith, Congresswoman McKinney, and members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for offering me this opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the work of the National Endowment for Democracy...

September 28, 1989Carl Gershman, President, National Endowment for DemocracyMr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: I am delighted to have this opportunity to review with you the program of the National Endowment for Democracy for the coming year.