John Knaus is the Senior Director for Asia at the National Endowment Democracy (NED), where he has worked since 1997.  Mr. Knaus oversees the NED’s program designed to promote democracy throughout the region, which includes over 240...

Keynote address at The 15th Anniversary Celebration of the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy It’s a great honor for me to make keynote remarks at this celebration of the 15th anniversary of the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD), and to follow President Tsai Ing-wen, who is an...

I want to thank you, Mr. Chairman, for your continued support for the National Endowment for Democracy. The NED was authorized by Congress in 1983 as an independent grant-making organization to fund brave actors on...

Remarks Delivered by Carl Gershman at the Memorial Service Organized by ChinaAid Washington, D.C. , March 22, 2018 When the National Endowment for Democracy presented Li Baiguang with its Democracy Award in 2008, just weeks before the Beijing Olympics, we noted...