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...

Serwat Perwaiz has over 15 years of domestic and international experience in high-pressure positions in strategic policy, operational, and civilian-military arenas. She is a governance consultant providing analysis of global economic...

ABOUT THE EVENT Decades of international presence and investment in promoting stability and progress in the Western Balkans seem to have paid some dividends. But the full democratic consolidation of most former Yugoslav countries...

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...