REMARKS MADE BY NED PRESIDENT CARL GERSHMAN TO THE CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON CHINA
Washington, D.C. December 6, 2011 It is common knowledge that China exerts an anti-democratic influence in world politics. Liu Xiaobo has said that China serves as “a blood transfusion machine” for smaller dictatorships in North Korea, Cuba and elsewhere. In addition to providing...
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...
2010 Democracy Award
The 2010 Democracy Award Honored the Green Movement for Democracy in Iran One Year Later: Prospects for a Democratic Transition in Iran This half-day conference featured Senators Ted Kaufman and John McCain, as well as panel presentations...
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