Remembering Nadia Diuk
Eulogy Delivered by NED President Carl Gershman on January 31, 2019 In the days since Nadia passed, the NED has received an incredible outpouring of messages of condolence and remembering. I’m sure that what we received was but a small part of all the online posts, emails,...
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 New Fight: Cuba and the Movement for Democracy
Carl Gershman's article as published in the World Affairs Journal on February 10, 2016.When President Obama and Raúl Castro announced, in December 2014, their intention to normalize relations between the United States and...
Directorio Democratico Cubano Marks 25th Anniversary
I am humbled to speak about the future of democracy in Cuba in the presence of such great heroes of the freedom struggle in Cuba as Antunez, Berta Soler, Antonio Rodiles, Juan Carlos Gonzalez Leiva, and Rolando Rodriguez Lobaina. It’s also...
If Russia Had Become Democratic….
Marc Plattner, NED's Vice President for Research and Studies and coeditor of the Journal of Democracy, spoke with Levada Center sociologist Denis Volkov about "the essence of the Russian political order."Denis...
"If Russia Had Become Democratic…."
Marc Plattner, NED's Vice President for Research and Studies and coeditor of the Journal of Democracy, spoke with Levada Center sociologist Denis Volkov about "the essence of the Russian...
Carl Gershman’s ACCEPTANCE REMARKS for ATLANTIC COUNCIL’S FREEDOM AWARD
Wroclaw, Poland June 1, 2012 I am grateful to the Atlantic Council for honoring the National Endowment for Democracy with its Freedom Award, and to Jerzy Buzek for presenting this tribute to the NED. We are humbled by all that he has...
Biographies: One Year Later: Prospects for a Democratic Transition in Iran
Sen. Ted Kaufman was sworn into office on Jan. 16, 2009, to fill out the term of the Senate seat vacated by Joe Biden...
2010 Democracy Service Medal Awarded to Francis Fukuyama
Remarks of NED President Carl Gershman at the Presentation of the Democracy Service Medal to Francis Fukuyama Washington, D.C. The NED created the Democracy Service Medal in 1999 when it presented the Medal to...
Memorial Program Will Honor Legacy Of Bronislaw Geremek
On Thursday, September 11, at 11:00 AM, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), in cooperation with the Embassy of Poland, will host a memorial gathering to honor the life and work of former Polish foreign minister Bronislaw...
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