When Karl Marx proclaimed in 1848 that "a specter is haunting Europe," he gave it a name--communism....

On Thursday, June 30, 2016, at 10:30am, the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee heard testimony from NED President Carl Gershman on "Corruption: Violent Extremism, Kleptocracy, and the Dangers of Failing Governance." Watch...

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...

Remarks by Carl GershmanNewseumApril 13, 2016I want to begin by thanking my friend Walter Reich, who first proposed that we organize a showing of the documentary “Watching the Moon at Night” and make it available to a Washington...

Warsaw-based Polish Newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza sat down with NED President Carl Gershman to discuss whether Democracy was in retreat around the globe. GAZETA WYBORCZA: Europe was...

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...

By Carl Gershman"It has been frequently said that democracy is in retreat around the world, and it’s not difficult to understand why so many people feel that way. Resurgent authoritarians in Russia, China, Iran...

Bobbie Traut has more than eight years of professional experience strengthening civil society and fostering democracy in the Eurasia region, specifically in Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine. Her interest in Eurasia began in high school...

Luciana Debenedetti is an Associate with Chemonics International's Latin America and Caribbean division, where she has supported projects in Colombia related to governance and economic livelihoods, human rights, and financial inclusion....

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