Read our Sharp Power and Democratic Resilience series, a collection of nine reports stemming from our original research on sharp power that...

Maeve Whelan-Wuest is a senior research assistant and project coordinator in the Center for East Asia Policy Studies at The Brookings Institution. In this capacity, her research focuses on governance and security issues pertaining...

Riley Walters is Research Associate for Asia economy and technology in The Heritage Foundation’s Asian Studies Center. He specializes in Northeast Asian macroeconomic issues as well as emerging technologies and cybersecurity. He...

about the event Liu Xiaobo died on July 13, 2017, a victim of intolerance by a fearful Chinese government that imprisoned him for his leadership role in writing and organizing Charter 08. That historic document, which was published on December...

Seoul Forum of the Asia Democracy Research Network I want to thank Sook Jong Lee, the East Asia Institute,...

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The Challenge of Resurgent Authoritarianism: Can America Turn the Tide? Annual Conference of the World Affairs Councils of America November 17, 2016 While I’m sure the World...

Abiola Afolayan serves as foreign affairs policy advisor for a senior member of the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC, who is also the first woman Ranking Member on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism,...

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...