Carl Gershman delivers the annual John B. Hurford Memorial Lecture titled, "A Strategy for Democratic Renewal" on May 17, 2016.It’s a great honor for me to give a lecture in the name of John Hurford, who was a dear friend and member of the NED Board, and he was also an American...

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...

I’m honored to have been invited to present Bob Miller, on behalf of the Foreign Policy Association, with this tribute.  Bob served nine years on the Board of the National Endowment for Democracy, and it was in that context that I got to know and become friends with him.  I know how much Bob valued...

The John B. Hurford Memorial Lecture Delivered by Carl Gershman, President, the National Endowment for Democracy New York University Law School I want to thank Noel Lateef and Bob Miller for their leadership in organizing this lecture. And I especially want to pay tribute...